Museum number:
| APM 22.030 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
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 | 8,7 cm |
| Length | 18,5 cm | |
| Bowl | Height | 8,7 cm |
| Width | 2,3 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 9 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | esdoorn (hout) |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | bruin |
| Other materials | plaatijzer (metaal) |
| Finish | kleurstof, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Country | Verenigde Staten |
| 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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