Pipe

29-175-138

From: United States of America | Alaska | Chichagof Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-138
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Chichagof Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cedar Wood | Metal
Technique Carved
Description

Bearing clan totems. "Representing whale". Dark cedar wood, semi-conventional carving. Meral bowl protrudes through back of whale and piercing is below tail. Two circles incised on each side of whale. Rests of platform held between flippers. Two eye-lime designs carved on each side of platform.

Height 9.5
Length 12
Width 3.5
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 4708 - Collector Number

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