Pipe
29-175-144
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-144 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Crudely carved. Two seals lying on backs, tails and hind flippers meeting lower center, heads reared facing each other, front flippers close to sides. Piercing behind neck of one seal at one end, small red painted face (shark?) on corresponding part of other seal. Between and above the bellies of the seals is a platform with an inverted red painted face carved on each side; above this the metal bowl protrudes. |
Height | 16.3 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Length | 26.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width | 8.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 4706 - Collector Number |
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