Pipe
- Object Name:
- Pipe
- Object ID:
- 1993.569
- Creator:
- Indian
- Place of Origin:
- Columbia River, Northwest Coast, North America
- Date:
- 1871
- Description:
- Stone pipe, in wooden box, on bed of tobacco leaves. Pipe bowl is black stone with inlaid lead, with attached wood stem. Handwritten note in lid of case: "This stone pipe was procured of a chief of the Columbia River Indians in 1871 by me. The accompanying leaves are genuine Kinnikinnick Tobacco as used by the Indians of the Pacific Coast. They are gathered on the mountains by the Squaw and roasted over a slow fire--a process which takes several hours. George S. Philbrick."
Box dimensions: 8.5" (21cm) wide, 4" (10cm) long, 2.125" (5.5cm) high
Pipe dimensions: 0.5" (1.5cm) diam., 4.75" (12cm) long
A. Pipe
B. Box - Material:
- Stone
Metal
Lead
Wood
Tissue - Dimensions:
- L-4.75 Dia-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by George S. Philbrick of Tilton, NH, in 1871.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Philbrick, George S.
- Subjects:
- Tobacco, Tobacco pipes, Indians of North America, Souvenirs
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