Pipe
NA5868
From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA5868 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Haida |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Argillite |
| Description | Pipe carved from a single piece of black argillite. Rectangular shape with each surface carved in deep relief with a variety of animal and human figures. A bowl is carved into the top, slightly toward the distal end, below a human figure and above an animal head. A hole is drilled into one end for the pipe stem, just below a bird head with a long beak. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Length | 21.5 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Steigerwalt Collection Auction, 1917 |
| Other Number | 548 uncertain - Collector Number |
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