Lot 171A
Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Inuit, Yupik, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely smoking pipe, hand-carved from walrus ivory to feature a slender body and a conical bowl, all adorned with scrimshaw decoration of scenes from Yupik life. One side of the sloping pipe shows a fisherman ice-fishing with a harpoon beside igloos, while the other side displays a pair of wigwams next to a hunter with a bow and arrow shooting at elk. The additional sides are embellished with geometric designs. These large and ornate tobacco pipes featured everyday life, hunting, and folklore etched or carved in relief and these elongated shapes were inspired by the opium pipes that they encountered through Asian traders. Tobacco was often acquired from Siberia by way of Russian traders and smoking became an important social part of Inuit life, and by the time that American trade was firmly established in the late 1800s, fine tobacco was worth more than guns or ammunition. Size: 8.6" L x 0.9" W x 2.8" H (21.8 cm x 2.3 cm x 7.1 cm)
Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Parts from certain animal species may require an additional license upon import into another country due to legislation relating to endangered species and environmental conservation. If you are not sure whether CITES rules apply to your item, please see the CITES Appendices.
Provenance: private Don Phelps collection, owner Todos Santos Trading Post, Alamo, California, USA, before 2000
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- Condition: Bowl is professionally reattached with some chipping and adhesive along break lines. Natural hairline fissures to ivory, but otherwise excellent with impressive preservation of scrimshaw detail.
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