Museum number:
| APM 22.030 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bird's head |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with figural bowl, flat bottom and short straight stem without stub. Bowl head of a bird with a slightly open beak, the bowl of sheet metal protrudes well above the image. Some lines filled in with red dye. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.43 in (8.7 cm) |
| Length | 7.28 in (18.5 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 3.43 in (8.7 cm) |
| Width | 0.91 in (2.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | maple (wood) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | sheet iron (metal) |
| Finish | kleurstof, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Alaska |
| Ethnicity | Tlingit |
Acquisition
| Year | 2014 |
| Provenance | Hershey PA, Brant Mackley |
| San Francisco, David Rosenthal, -2014 | |
| Denver (Colorado), collectie Earl Duncan | |
| Vancouver, collectie Gary Bell |
Comments
| Ceremoniële of begrafenispijp met thunderbird uitbeelding met een vogel tussen de adelaar en de havik die donder opwekt. De rode lijnen zijn met vermiljoen pigment aangebracht. |
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