Pipe

Museum number:
2-162
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened scenes; hunting and domestic scenes drawn in 8 panels (4 on each side); bowl has flaring mouth.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Tobacco pipe.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 37.7 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Gunther, "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home," Centennial Expo. cat, p. 38. Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-162, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened scenes; hunting and domestic scenes drawn in 8 panels (4 on each side); bowl has flaring mouth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-162, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened scenes; hunting and domestic scenes drawn in 8 panels (4 on each side); bowl has flaring mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-162, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened scenes; hunting and domestic scenes drawn in 8 panels (4 on each side); bowl has flaring mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-162, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened scenes; hunting and domestic scenes drawn in 8 panels (4 on each side); bowl has flaring mouth.

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