Smoking pipe and case
- Museum number:
- 1-1097a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21011097a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- 3097 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.19
- Description:
- (a) Pipe. Cylindrical. Steatite (soapstone) bowl at one end, narrowing yew wood center and mouthpiece. Incised bands near center and mouthpiece (mouthpiece cracked). (b) Carrying case for pipe. Leather, tubular, with thong attached.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
- Culture or time period:
- Yurok
- Collector:
- Philip Mills Jones
- Collection date:
- August 1901
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Pipes (smoking equipment)
- Function:
- 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
- Accession date:
- December 7, 1901
- Context of use:
- Smoking pipe
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- (a)— diameter 3.4 centimeters, (b)— length 17 centimeters, (a)— length 11.5 centimeters, and (b)— width 8.1 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1963-1964 #83: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College (May 7, 1964–June 2, 1964) and S1965-1966 #69: UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley/Ted Niehaus (March 7, 1966–March 8, 1966)
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