Ivory effigy pipe / Arctic, Aleut

Essay/Description

Ivory pipe. Made for trade.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Ivory effigy pipe

Culture:

Arctic, Aleut

Date:

1800s

Period:

Historic

Place:

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Materials/Techniques:

Ivory

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Ivory Effigy Pipe

Accession No:

83.1184

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 2 33/64in. (6.4cm)
Width: 1 7/20in. (3.4cm)
Length: 16in. (40.6cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Alaska, Arctic, beads, bone, Ceremonial, effigies, Eskimo, Indian, Indians, ivory, Kodiak Island, Native American, pipes (conduits), tobacco, whale, whales

The Inuit created elaborately decorated and carved pipes from walrus tusks and metals. Some pipes resembled animal shapes and others had carvings of hunting, ceremonies, and mythology. The Inuit had early contact with Asians and, therefore, acquired metal, tobacco, and other technologies before ever meeting a European (Furst and Furst 1982, 138).

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Ivory effigy pipe. 83.1184. Kravis Discovery Center. 1800s. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/831184 (05/02/2017).

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