The fat harbor seal was a favortie theme of of northern bowl carvers, probably because it was an important source of oil, and because its meat and blubber were important at feasts. Perched on its round belly on a reef just above the tide, head and hind flippers arched upward, the harbor seal is a familiar sight to coast travellers. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

This early pipe combines a raven and two human figures in a compact arrangement. The raven, a favorite subject of argillite carvers in the early period, dominates the composition. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven 1972)

Figures of women in the fashion of the day appear around the middle of the nineteenth century in panel pipe groups and as single figures. They are usually thought to represent white women, but some may depict Haida women in European dress which they were beginning to adopt at the time. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

The paint is black, blue, and red.

The wood is metal.

The cloth is cotton and polyester.