Pipe

About this object

Narrative

Collected by Harry Hawthorn in Yonkers, New York, from a secondhand shop.

Physical description

Long white-yellow coloured pipe with animal figures with black circular designs carved in relief across its length. The inside of the bowl is dark brown. Starting from the outside of the bowl and working towards the pipes' mouthpiece are two bird-like figures carved on either side of the bowl with two carved hands holding two sea lions. Carved in relief along the length of the pipe are a pair of sea otters, a fish and whale, two four-legged animals with short tails and a small face with long arms. The mouthpiece of the pipe is shaped into an animal's head. The length of the piece has two side panels with decorated with circular designs.