Tobacco pipe

Museum number:
2-20180
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020020180
Alternate number:
23 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.942
Description:
Made of wood, ivory, and metal. Brass bowl attached with rawhide thong. Ivory bit. Missing oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Cartridge shell inset at end of stem.
Donor:
Edwin D. Dickinson
Collection place:
Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Coast of Bering Strait
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
De Witt W. Owen
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 26.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-20180, described as Made of wood, ivory, and metal. Brass bowl attached with rawhide thong. Ivory bit. Missing oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Cartridge shell inset at end of stem.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-20180, described as Made of wood, ivory, and metal. Brass bowl attached with rawhide thong. Ivory bit. Missing oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Cartridge shell inset at end of stem.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-20180, described as Made of wood, ivory, and metal. Brass bowl attached with rawhide thong. Ivory bit. Missing oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Cartridge shell inset at end of stem.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pipe, accession number 2-20180, described as Made of wood, ivory, and metal. Brass bowl attached with rawhide thong. Ivory bit. Missing oval plug in stem to allow removal of nicotine. Cartridge shell inset at end of stem.

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