Pipe Item Number: 1949.208 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Carved pipe with figures and boat design. The figures are possibly European due to the considerable detail in the carving of clothes and hair (Gillian Crowther).; Good
Context
The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields. This pipe is extremely similar in style to a piece at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley,U.S.A, museum no.2.19083. This is illustrated in Argillite, Art of the Haida. Drew.L Wilson.D Hancock House Publishers Ltd.:Vancouver, British Columbia 1980 page 82. It is also similar to a panel pipe at the Vancouver Museum, Cat.no.AA41, all three pipes share similar window structures.; 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: Tuxford.PExhibited: On display in 'Gifts and Discoveries', LKS Gallery between May 25 2012 and February 18 2013.Exhibited: A-B on loan to Tate Britain, for 'Artist Empire', 23 November to 10 April 2016.
Item History
- Made in Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Wisbech Museum during 1949
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Received from
- Wisbech Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1949
Other
- Keyword
- Art; Tourist Objects; Narcotics and Intoxicants