Museum number:
APM 22.759 |
Subcollection:
ethnographic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
sitting eagle |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stone with a figural bowl, the stem drilled in the back. Bowl shaped like a sitting eagle in a stylized version with large almond-shaped eyes, crooked beak, stylized wings running along the back on either side of the body, the legs clenched and with a short tail. Leg in red ink old museum number "43.4196". |
Date:
Period | 1810 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
Width | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) | |
Length | 2.72 in (6.9 cm) | |
Bowl | Height | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) |
Width | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | stone |
Technique | carved |
Colour | brown black |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
Continent | North America |
Country | United States |
Region national | Alaska |
Ethnicity | Tlingit |
Acquisition
Year | 2017 |
Comments
Vegelijkbare stukken melden Raven pipe, stam Tlingit - Chilkat Qwan. |
Literature
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Raven pipe van de Canadese westkust. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Aanwinsten 2017", 2 februari - 6 mei 2018. |
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