Tobacco pipe

Museum number:
2-1420
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Wood with oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Walrus ivory bit, lead bowl attached with rawhide thong. Metal tamper attached to thong. Bullet shell inserted at end of stem.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Coast of Bering Strait
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-1420, described as Wood with oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Walrus ivory bit, lead bowl attached with rawhide thong. Metal tamper attached to thong. Bullet shell inserted at end of stem.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-1420, described as Wood with oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Walrus ivory bit, lead bowl attached with rawhide thong. Metal tamper attached to thong. Bullet shell inserted at end of stem.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-1420, described as Wood with oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Walrus ivory bit, lead bowl attached with rawhide thong. Metal tamper attached to thong. Bullet shell inserted at end of stem.

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