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

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Object Number 31-32-10/K115.4

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

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved ivory pipe, scrimshaw human/animal scene, wooden end.

Classification

Raw Material
Pipe

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Western Eskimo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / King Island

Materials Ivory, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 34.2 x 7.1 x 2.8 cm (13 7/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object K115.4

Provenance

Collector General George Crook

Collector Raymond Emerson (?)

Donor Raymond Emerson (1931)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
31-32-10/K115	Walrus ivory pipe; etched with houses, boats, etc.	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
31-32-10/K115.1	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..	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/K115A	Ivory carved pipe - incised	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
31-32-10/K114	Large walrus ivory pipe; carved walruses on stem	Pipe Raw Material	King Island
94-57-10/R139	Pipe of walrus ivory. Bowl dovetailed into top of deep end w/ geometric designs.	Pipe	Nome Census Area
45-28-10/27701	Walrus ivory pipe - decorated in small circles, some overlapping	Pipe Raw Material	North Slope Burough
94-57-10/R138	Pipe of walrus ivory. Bowl is cylindrical and shallow.	Pipe	Point Barrow
46-78-10/28048	Ivory pipe carved like walrus with smaller animal on back - slender piece fits i	Raw Material Carving	Alaska
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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