Tobacco Pipe
2003-43-272
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-272 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nivkh |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Technique | Carved | Incised | Beaten |
| Iconography | Duck |
| Description | Pipe carved of wood in a shape similar to the body of a duck. Beaten lead lines the narrow necked bowl. Incised geometric motifs decorate the top surface of the very broad pipe stem. The lower surface of the stem has four rectangular holes, three of which have wooden plugs secured with a resinous substance. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.272 - Other Number | 74-1-109 - Other Number |
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