Name/Title
PipeDescription
Carved pipe, black streaked yellow (fossil). Body has four sides and tapers to a plain mouthpeace. Smokestack (bowl)" at other end. Each side has incised and darkened scene: top - net drying, left side - hunting and trapping, bottom - hauling carcasses; right side - 2 masted ship and paddlewheeler hauling four boats or sleds. 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..."
Modified Engraving style? Eskimo Art "Used on large ivory pipes...sold as souvenirs in the St. Michael area between 1870 - 1900"Dimensions
Height
5.6 cmWidth
1.7 cmLength
23.4 cmMaterial
Walrus Tusk, Ivory