Pipe
MOA: University of British Columbia
3058/5 a-b
Pipe. Head (part a) is carved from soapstone, with an octagonal chamber, and a thin ring of brass at base of shank. The stem (part b) is made from smooth, red brown wood, with a flattened lip and bit, rounding through the mid-point. Tenon is black.
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Narrative
Collected by Alan Deacon between 1936 and 1940 at Coppermine.
- Type of Item pipe
- Culture Inuinnait
- Material soapstone stone, wood, brass metal
- Measurements height 5.1 cm, width 2.8 cm, depth 3.6 cm (part a) height 7.7 cm, width 1.4 cm, depth 1.4 cm (part b)
- Previous Owner Joy Eastman
- Received from Joy Eastman
- Made in Coppermine, Kugluktuk
- Creation Date before 1940
- Ownership Date before May 8, 2014
- Acquisition Date on May 8, 2014
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3058/0005 a-b