Tobacco Pipe Item Number: 25.0/239 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
A human figure with the claws of a bear grasps the pipe bowl, large and barrel-shaped, between his knees and with his clawed hands. The somewhat flattened limbs and the planes of the face show formline influence. The pipe bowl has been lined and rimmed with sheet copper to protect the wood from the heat of the burning tobacco. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Tobacco Pipe
- Identification Number
- 25.0/239
- Type of Item
- tobacco pipe
- Material
- wood and copper metal
- Overall
- height 5.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Human Figure
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection