Pipe engraved with hunting scenes
Pipe engraved with hunting scenes
Pipe engraved with hunting scenes
Pipe engraved with hunting scenes
Pipe engraved with hunting scenes
Pipe engraved with hunting scenes

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Pipe engraved with hunting scenes,

late 19th century

Alaskan Native
Historic
1997-339
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This late-19th-century pipe from western Alaska appears well worn and carries old-style pictographic carvings of caribou hunting, people in camp greeting returning hunters, and images of the giant thunderbird, prominent in mythology for carrying off whole caribou and whales in its talons.

Information

Title
Pipe engraved with hunting scenes
Dates

late 19th century

Medium
Walrus ivory
Dimensions
h. 5.4 cm., l. 22.5 cm., d. 2.9 cm. (2 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection
Object Number
1997-339
Place Collected

North America, United States, Alaska

Culture
Native American
Period
Alaskan Native styles
Type
ivories, engraving (incising), pipes (smoking equipment)
Materials
ivory
Subject
figures (representations), mammals, hunting, mythical or legendary beings

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