Pipe bowl in the form of a ship
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Haida (attributed); collected from the Tahltan
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1906.
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- Date created
- 1820-1830
- Catalog Number
- 9203
- Barcode
- 009203.000
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl in the form of a ship
- Media/Materials
- Wood, ivory, brass, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, cutout, inlaid, incised, drilled, painted
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 9.5 cm
- Place
- Stikine River; Tahltan; Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- See related items
- Haida
- Tahltan
- Pipes and Smoking
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_9883
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c777dc19-f8db-4edc-b5c5-42185be7989f
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