Pipe

Museum number:
2-158
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Object count:
1
Description:
Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened drawings; 5 reindeer on one side, umiaks, seal, Lapps with reindeer on side above; 5 animals on the other side with 2 birds, seal, etc. above; carved in the round at top are two bears (?) and two bear (?) heads.
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 46.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-158, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened drawings; 5 reindeer on one side, umiaks, seal, Lapps with reindeer on side above; 5 animals on the other side with 2 birds, seal, etc. above; carved in the round at top are two bears (?) and two bear (?) heads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-158, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened drawings; 5 reindeer on one side, umiaks, seal, Lapps with reindeer on side above; 5 animals on the other side with 2 birds, seal, etc. above; carved in the round at top are two bears (?) and two bear (?) heads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-158, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened drawings; 5 reindeer on one side, umiaks, seal, Lapps with reindeer on side above; 5 animals on the other side with 2 birds, seal, etc. above; carved in the round at top are two bears (?) and two bear (?) heads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-158, described as Walrus tusk with engraved and darkened drawings; 5 reindeer on one side, umiaks, seal, Lapps with reindeer on side above; 5 animals on the other side with 2 birds, seal, etc. above; carved in the round at top are two bears (?) and two bear (?) heads.

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