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Donor Name:
Roderick R. MacFarlane  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo, Inuit, Inuvialuk (Inuvialuit)  Search this
Object Type:
Pipe
Place:
Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
21 Dec 1866
Notes:
From Card: "BOWL MADE OF IVORY."
Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ); retrieved 12-30-2019. Pipe is listed but not specifically described on the website. General information on pipes here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/2: Inuvialuit first obtained pipes and tobacco in the 1800s through indigenous trade networks that stretched through Alaska and as far as Siberia. The MacFarlane Collection includes twenty pipes of this northern style. The bowls are made from metal, wood or stone, and with one exception the pipes have curved wooden stems split along their length and held together with a skin or sinew wrapping. Commonly a pick used for tamping tobacco and cleaning the bowl is attached to the pipe.
Record Last Modified:
21 Apr 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
66A00090
USNM Number:
E2155-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/357f82a91-e949-45b3-a81a-03f3639c46e5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8361228