Pipe with carved and engraved animals
Pipe with carved and engraved animals
Pipe with carved and engraved animals
Pipe with carved and engraved animals
Pipe with carved and engraved animals
Pipe with carved and engraved animals

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Pipe with carved and engraved animals,

1800–present

probably Yup'ik
Historic
1997-345

Information

Title
Pipe with carved and engraved animals
Dates

1800–present

Medium
Walrus ivory
Dimensions
h. 3.2 cm., l. 32.1 cm., w. 3.6 cm. (1 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection
Object Number
1997-345
Place Collected

North America, United States, Western Alaska

Culture
Yupik, Native American
Period
Alaskan Native styles
Type
ivories, engraving (incising), pipes (smoking equipment)
Materials
ivory
Subject
animals, figures (representations)

Collection of Jonathan and Philip Holstein (historic cat. no. 79).

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