Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened drawings; fox, 2 walruses, hare and other animal on one side, 6 fish on underside, man and grasshopper, 2 seals, 3 other animals on other side; 7 animals carved in the round on top (1 or more animals missing). Detached seal. Bowl with carved seal.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Tobacco pipe.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5 centimeters, length 31 centimeters, and 6 centimeters
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1 (3)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)