Pipe Item Number: 1953.471 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Functional carved argillite pipe with three figures. The pipe is asymmetrical.The uppermost figure is a woman with a labret and possibly face painting, she merges with a raven beak and feather design. Adjoining the beak is a bear cub (?) with a fish in its mouth. The pipe bowl is carved into a face , possibly European (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.);
Item History
- Made in Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Wellcome Museum during 1953
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Received from
- Wellcome Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Keyword
- Art; Tourist Objects; Narcotics and Intoxicants