Wooden Pipe Bowl Item Number: E395503-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Globular central bowl, front carved into a birds head, from which extends below, and to the back 3 lines of dots probably meant to represent tail feathers but looking much like the octopus suckers on some other N.W.C. masks." Per Tommy Joseph, 6-2-2009, pipe is carved in the form of an octopus or "devil fish," rather than a bird.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Rev. John M. Cooper in Alaska, USA
- Received from Catholic University Of America on July 6, 1956
What
- Name
- Wooden Pipe Bowl
- Identification Number
- E395503-0
- Type of Item
- pipe
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Rev. John M. Cooper
- Received from
- Catholic University Of America
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on July 6, 1956
Other
- Accession Number
- 211312