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Wooden pipe
Object Number 69-30-10/1850
Display Title Wooden pipe
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden pipe. Raven, with segmented neck, has large capacity bowl and could be used in smoking feasts where pipes were passed. Tobacco smoked was considered to go to the dead for their pleasure.
Inventory Description Carved wooden pipe, bird head with carved cylindrical body, metal bowl.
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit?
  • Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 19.8 x 6.7 x 4.6 cm (7 13/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/1850
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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