Pipe Item Number: D 1921.201 B from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Elaborately carved pipe with human and animal figures. One human figure is wearing a European frock coat. Uppermost animal figure has some characteristics of a beaver, e.g. large incisors and cross-hatched tail, yet these are subverted , i.e. the incisors protrude from the lower jaw, and the animal has two tails. Equally the other two figures are nonsensical when compared to crest designs (Gillian Crowther).; Good
Context
The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The style and subject matter of this object conforms to those of the Second Period of argillite carving, 1830 -1865. This was the time when the Haida confidently depicted aspects of European culture created in a uniquely Haida medium and expressed with the characteristic detail of observation. The types of objects are ship pipes, European standing figures, western tableware, flutes and trade pipes. (The time periods of argillite carving are derived from Carol Sheehan' s Pipes That Won' t Smoke; Coal That Won' t Burn; Haida Sculpture in Argillite, 1981, Glenbow Museum: Calgary, and Peter Macnair and Alan Hoover' s The Magic Leaves, 1984, British Columbian Provincial Museum: Victoria.); Exhibited: CUMAA old exhibition, taken from display case 30, dismantled 19081986.; Collected by: ?Bedlam.F.W.E
Item History
- Made in Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
- Received from F.W.E. Beldam during 1921
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Received from
- F.W.E. Beldam
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1921
Other
- Keyword
- Art; Tourist Objects; Narcotics and Intoxicants