1. Clay smoking pipe, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:

A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 2 views (bottom: view from side with pipe bowl to the left; top: view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe's bowl has a flared pedestal base, the bottom of which shows signs of abrasion. Above its base, the pipe bowl is decorated with a zone of criss-cross incisions demarcated by two horizonal incisions (one above and one below). The bowl's rim is missing. Its stem joins the bowl above its base (a "double-angled" form). The stem flares somewhat toward its lip which is flattened. Photo scale in cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 27 May, 2009.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 10N 28E, Level 5

Date:

2009-05-27

Location(s) Facet:

Ngre Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

SF NK 09-008

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2009

Date searchable:

2009-05-27

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020

Geographic Coordinates:

8.11277778, -2.30611111