L-shaped pipe in form of human face carved of black argillite. Highly polished. Fide Carol Sheehan, May 5, 1980: "Single face, crown around bowl marked with //////. Elaborate hair, thin whiskers without moustache. Compass points in eyes. No shoulder points".
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)