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:

GeneralHeight9 cm
Width6,7 cm
Length6,9 cm
BowlHeight5,6 cm
Width6,7 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialsteen
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruinzwart
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContintentNoord-Amerika
CountryVerenigde Staten
Region NationalAlaska
EthnicityTlingit
Acquisition
Year 2017
Comments
Vegelijkbare stukken melden Raven pipe, stam Tlingit - Chilkat Qwan.
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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