Pipe and case

Museum number:
2-2330a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
(b): 2-2331 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
(a) Pipe of rib (?) with transverse zigzag bands engraved and darkened. 6 carved bone walrus heads (tusks missing) inserted at top. Ocher stained wood bit. Red ocher stained pumice bowl attached with thongs. (b) Red ocher stained wood box with lid.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Koyiukuk River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Koyiukuk River
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Novelty. Tobacco pipe.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 33 centimeters and (a)— length 33.5 centimeters
Comment:
Very different from most other Eskimo pipes.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe and case, accession number 2-2330a,b, described as (a) Pipe of rib (?) with transverse zigzag bands engraved and darkened. 6 carved bone walrus heads (tusks missing) inserted at top. Ocher stained wood bit. Red ocher stained pumice bowl attached with thongs. (b) Red ocher stained wood box with lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe and case, accession number 2-2330a,b, described as (a) Pipe of rib (?) with transverse zigzag bands engraved and darkened. 6 carved bone walrus heads (tusks missing) inserted at top. Ocher stained wood bit. Red ocher stained pumice bowl attached with thongs. (b) Red ocher stained wood box with lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe and case, accession number 2-2330a,b, described as (a) Pipe of rib (?) with transverse zigzag bands engraved and darkened. 6 carved bone walrus heads (tusks missing) inserted at top. Ocher stained wood bit. Red ocher stained pumice bowl attached with thongs. (b) Red ocher stained wood box with lid.

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