Pipe

Museum number:
2-59574
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Accession number:
Acc.3282
Description:
Tobacco pipe: a) 2 piece wood stem wrapped with sinew thong, bowl is copper with brass flange. Bit is white brass or nickel silver and has incised floral (?) motif. b) 5 red and 7 blue beads on rawhide thong (broken) belonging to pipe.
Donor:
Mrs. Bernice Wetterwik
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Louis Levy
Collection date:
1879-1947
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
35.3 centimeters
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1 plus beads
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-59574, described as Tobacco pipe: a) 2 piece wood stem wrapped with sinew thong, bowl is copper with brass flange. Bit is white brass or nickel silver and has incised floral (?) motif. b) 5 red and 7 blue beads on rawhide thong (broken) belonging to pipe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-59574, described as Tobacco pipe: a) 2 piece wood stem wrapped with sinew thong, bowl is copper with brass flange. Bit is white brass or nickel silver and has incised floral (?) motif. b) 5 red and 7 blue beads on rawhide thong (broken) belonging to pipe.

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