Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc.

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Object Number 31-32-10/K115

Display Title Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc.

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved ivory pipe, scrimshaw human, animal scenes, missing mouthpiece.

Classification

Raw Material
Pipe

Department Ethnographic

Date early 20th Century

Culture

Inupiaq

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska / King Island

Materials Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 22.3 x 5.6 x 2.2 cm (8 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object K115

Provenance

Collector Raymond Emerson

Collector General George Crook

Donor Raymond Emerson (1931)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	31-32-10/K115.1	Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc..	Raw Material Pipe	King Island
	31-32-10/K115.3	Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc..	Raw Material Pipe	King Island
	31-32-10/K115.2	Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc..	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
	31-32-10/K115.4	Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc..	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
	31-32-10/K115A	Ivory carved pipe - incised	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
Image Not Available for Pipe of walrus ivory. Bowl dovetailed into top of deep end w/ geometric designs.	94-57-10/R139	Pipe of walrus ivory. Bowl dovetailed into top of deep end w/ geometric designs.	Pipe	Alaska
	94-57-10/R138	Pipe of walrus ivory. Bowl is cylindrical and shallow.	Pipe	Point Barrow
	31-32-10/K114	Large walrus ivory pipe; carved walruses on stem	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
	45-28-10/27701	Walrus ivory pipe - decorated in small circles, some overlapping	Pipe Raw Material	Alaska
	46-78-10/28048	Ivory pipe carved like walrus with smaller animal on back - slender piece fits i	Raw Material Carving	Alaska
Image Not Available for Carved ivory pipe. Walrus bowl shape. Mythical beasts and predators on shaft.	46-78-10/28047	Carved ivory pipe. Walrus bowl shape. Mythical beasts and predators on shaft.	Pipe	Alaska
	94-57-10/R192	Argillite pipe in European style; head of human figure carved from walrus ivory	Pipe	Queen Charlotte Islands

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