3-piece ivory pipe elaborately carved; removable mouthpiece also of ivory (walrus); engraved umiaks on one side, walruses on other side; encircling zigzag bands on bit; seals and seal heads carved in the round along top of shank.
Donor:
Herbert Mason, William A. Setchell, and Ynes Mexia
Collection place:
Itiutiuk (Itulilik), Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Itiutiuk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
William A. Setchell
Collection date:
1899
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1930
Context of use:
Tobacco pipe.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 30.1 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)