Smoking Apparatus Cigar-Cup

Item number E21589-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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The parts of the smoking set now called #E21589 were originally catalogued as three separate numbers - 21587, 21588, and 21589, for the base of the piece, the two side "boats" or canoe-shaped containers for matches and ashes, and the central cup for cigars. However, as the parts are a set and are now all glued together to form one artifact, the piece is now called #21589 only. - S. Crawford and F. Pickering 1-5-2006“Ornamental carving in wood 5 pieces attached. The center for Segars boats upon the side, one for matches and one for Segar ashes.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as a Tlingit oyster catcher sculpture.