Pipe

Museum number:

2-158

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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

Accession date:

August 12, 1902

Context of use:

Tobacco pipe.

Department:

Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)

Dimensions:

length 46.5 centimeters

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