Collector:

Lt. George M. Stoney  Search this

Donor Name:

Accession Number Unknown  Search this

Culture:

Eskimo  Search this

Object Type:

Pipe

Place:

Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America

Notes:

Pipe is broken in two pieces. Formerly # ET1849. From T number card: "Ivory pipe with lead bowl. Incised designs filled in with black. Lower half: concentric circles interspersed with diagonal bands of alternate spurs. Top half: pictorial scenes, dancing in kashim, hunting (caribou, walrus, whale, etc.). Illus. in BAE 18th AR, Pl. LXXXIX, no. 4, as incorrect cat. no. 2282. See text p. 284. Apparently never accessioned." Identified in publication as obtained in Kotzebue Sound by Lt. (George M.) Stoney. Publication also notes that a clock wheel is inlaid in the top of the flaring rim of the lead pipe bowl. Pipe is also Illus. in USNM AR for 1895, Pl. 61, facing p. 854.

Record Last Modified:

31 Oct 2018

Specimen Count:

2

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

000000

USNM Number:

EL228-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30767115e-6360-41e9-8d66-b6b0746eed2e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8546019