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Smoking pipe and pouch
Museum number:
1-9535a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21019535a@2cb
Alternate number:
103a,b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
(a) Pipe, cylindrical, wood with stone bowl insert; polished. (b) Scabbard/pouch for pipe, leather, stitched; leather thong attached to open end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Smoking pipe
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 19.2 centimeters, (a)— diameter 2.7 centimeters, and (a)— length 17.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968) and S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978)
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