Smoking pipe and case

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
1-9417a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21019417a@2cb
Alternate number:
291 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.211
Description:
a) Smoking pipe. Made of wood, cylindrical, with steatite bowl insert. b) Scabbard for a). Stitched hide (fur in place), tubular, with leather thong at open end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wiyot
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Julia Gates
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Ledger describes this as used "apparently for sucking"." 9416-9420 from a doctor's dancing outfit (see 11618).
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— length 16.8 centimeters, a)— diameter 2.9 centimeters, and b)— length 23 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4979
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Smoking pipe and case, accession number 1-9417a,b, described as a) Smoking pipe. Made of wood, cylindrical, with steatite bowl insert. b) Scabbard for a). Stitched hide (fur in place), tubular, with leather thong at open end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Smoking pipe and case, accession number 1-9417a,b, described as a) Smoking pipe. Made of wood, cylindrical, with steatite bowl insert. b) Scabbard for a). Stitched hide (fur in place), tubular, with leather thong at open end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoking pipe and case, accession number 1-9417a,b, described as a) Smoking pipe. Made of wood, cylindrical, with steatite bowl insert. b) Scabbard for a). Stitched hide (fur in place), tubular, with leather thong at open end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoking pipe and case, accession number 1-9417a,b, described as a) Smoking pipe. Made of wood, cylindrical, with steatite bowl insert. b) Scabbard for a). Stitched hide (fur in place), tubular, with leather thong at open end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoking pipe and case, accession number 1-9417a,b, described as a) Smoking pipe. Made of wood, cylindrical, with steatite bowl insert. b) Scabbard for a). Stitched hide (fur in place), tubular, with leather thong at open end.

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