Museum number:

APM 22.032

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

pierced heel

Description:

Tabakspijp van hout met hoge cilindrische ketel, hielmarkering en rechte steel met uitlopend einde. Ketel onversierd. Hiel afgeplatte ovaalvorm met twee vingervormige openingen met ertussen een sleufje. Ketel inwendig plaatmetaal.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1920


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight4.49 in (11.4 cm)
BowlHeight4.45 in (11.3 cm)
Width1.14 in (2.9 cm)
StemLength7.87 in (20 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialacacia (wood)
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialssheet metal (metal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalSouthern Africa
CountrySouth Africa
Region nationalEastern Cape
EthnicityXhosa
Acquisition
Year 2014

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