Pipe

Museum number:
2-165
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Carved walrus tusk with separately carved ivory bowl; 4 walrus heads, 6 seal heads and 1 kayak model carved in the round on the top surface.
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. Novelty made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 48 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963) and S1964-1965 #44: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (December 30, 1964–March 4, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-165, described as Carved walrus tusk with separately carved ivory bowl; 4 walrus heads, 6 seal heads and 1 kayak model carved in the round on the top surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-165, described as Carved walrus tusk with separately carved ivory bowl; 4 walrus heads, 6 seal heads and 1 kayak model carved in the round on the top surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-165, described as Carved walrus tusk with separately carved ivory bowl; 4 walrus heads, 6 seal heads and 1 kayak model carved in the round on the top surface.

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