Tobacco pipe

Museum number:
2-38453
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020038453
Alternate number:
33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1919
Description:
Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection date:
August 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
Tobacco pipe.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home" by Erna Gunther, Centennial Exposition catalog, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 34. Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-38453, described as Tobacco pipe; carved with bear representation; sandstone; lips and nostrils painted red; eyes, ears, nose, etc. painted black.

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