Argillite Pipe
Date1899
Mediumargillite
DimensionsOther: 6.2 × 4.3 × 22 cm (2 7/16 × 1 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-818
Object numberHRC 00818
Descriptionblack argillite pipe. bowl with woman's head carved in front; long hair, cross hatcheed collar, Roman nose. a creature rests on his back on the stem. it has a large hooked nose and a elongated tapering head. sixx octopus like tentacles emanate from his neck and wrap around the stem and a smaller creature in a canoe which rests between teh larger creature's head and the bowl. smaller creatures head and upper torso only are exposed with his hands wrapped around a tentacle. large ear like extensions eminate form octopus like creature's head and wrap around stem near mouth piece. they are incised with ovoids.On View
Not on viewCollections
July 7, 1899
1895-1901
1890-1904
