Pipe

Museum number:
2-173
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Walrus ivory with engraved and darkened drawings; man with spears, crude animals on one side, walruses and umiaks on the other side; 2 polar bears and 1 seal in high relief on top.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
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 20.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pipe, accession number 2-173, described as Walrus ivory with engraved and darkened drawings; man with spears, crude animals on one side, walruses and umiaks on the other side; 2 polar bears and 1 seal in high relief on top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pipe, accession number 2-173, described as Walrus ivory with engraved and darkened drawings; man with spears, crude animals on one side, walruses and umiaks on the other side; 2 polar bears and 1 seal in high relief on top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-173, described as Walrus ivory with engraved and darkened drawings; man with spears, crude animals on one side, walruses and umiaks on the other side; 2 polar bears and 1 seal in high relief on top.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-173, described as Walrus ivory with engraved and darkened drawings; man with spears, crude animals on one side, walruses and umiaks on the other side; 2 polar bears and 1 seal in high relief on top.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-173, described as Walrus ivory with engraved and darkened drawings; man with spears, crude animals on one side, walruses and umiaks on the other side; 2 polar bears and 1 seal in high relief on top.

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