Museum number:
| APM 24.999a |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| fluted |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van walvisbot met licht gebogen vorm met de ketel in het verlengde van de steel, het mondstuk afgeplat en driehoekig. Steel bovenzijde doorlopend op de ketel enkele canneleringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1950 - 1975 |
Dimensions:
| General | Width | 1.06 in (2.7 cm) |
| Length | 4.25 in (10.8 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 0.59 in (1.5 cm) |
| Width | 0.55 in (1.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Weight | 39 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | geometric |
| Material | whale bone (animal material) |
| Technique | hand carved |
| Colour | ivory white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Alaska |
| Ethnicity | Inuit |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Rotterdam, collectie J. Winkler, 1976-1989 |
| Alaska, reissouvenir, 1976 |
Comments
| Volgens zeggen afkomstig van de orka of zwaardwalvis. |
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