Museum number:
| APM 22.759 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| sitting eagle |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stone with a figural bowl, the stem drilled in the back. Bowl shaped like a sitting eagle in a stylized version with large almond-shaped eyes, crooked beak, stylized wings running along the back on either side of the body, the legs clenched and with a short tail. Leg in red ink old museum number "43.4196". |
Date:
| Period | 1810 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Width | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) | |
| Length | 2.72 in (6.9 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) |
| Width | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | stone |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown black |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Alaska |
| Ethnicity | Tlingit |
Acquisition
| Year | 2017 |
Comments
| Vegelijkbare stukken melden Raven pipe, stam Tlingit - Chilkat Qwan. Afgebeeld in Tribale Kunst, XIII-3, herfst 2025, p 6. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Raven pipe van de Canadese westkust. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Aanwinsten 2017", 2 februari - 6 mei 2018. |
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