Name/Title
PipeDescription
Carved ivory pipe. Body is made from tusk and has four sides and tapers to shaped mouth. On top of other end is "smoke stack (bowl)." Incised and darkened on all sides of body are semi-circles edges with dots inside squares. "X"s also on bottom; diamond shapes on top. Polished
Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "122 - Pipes from Alaska"
Reference: Arctic Art: Eskimo Ivory, p. 102 "...the shape of the Eskimo pipe recalls that of the Chukchi and Russian prototypes."
Eskimo Art p. 227 "...pipes were not made until the 1870's..."Dimensions
Height
8.8 cmWidth
2.4 cmLength
23 cmMaterial
Walrus Tusk, Ivory