A small argillite pipe carved into the shape of a whale. The head is large with a long, closed mouth, rounded snout, and large eyes. Atop the head is the round pipe bowl. Arms extend from the back of the head, bending around the decorated, square torso. Hands grip the base of the tail, which curves up the rear of the pipe to the top, where another set of hands grip the fluke which sits just behind the tobacco chamber. A small hole is bored into the tail at the back, where another part was likely inserted at one time. There are some veins of white visible in the argillite.

Gift of Mrs. Robert Edward Healy

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection

Oval, black-grey carved argillite platter. Engraved image of a Wasgo (sea wolf) type creature covers the upper surface; the creature has a whale's dorsal and pectoral fin and tail, but also has arms and legs with long claws on the ends. The edge of the platter has an engraved rope-like border decoration.

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)

TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE: NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN JEWELRY ARTS OF THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST. CHALKER, KARI EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2004, Publisher: HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC.

OBJECTS OF EXCHANGE: SOCIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION ON THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY NORTHWEST COAST. GLASS, AARON EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2011, Publisher: BARD GRADUATE CENTER