Museum number:
| APM 22.759 |
Subcollection:
| etnografische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
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 | 9 cm |
| Width | 6,7 cm | |
| Length | 6,9 cm | |
| Bowl | Height | 5,6 cm |
| Width | 6,7 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | steen |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | bruinzwart |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Country | Verenigde Staten |
| 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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