A HAIDA ARGILLITE SHIP PIPE FRAGMENT

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A HAIDA ARGILLITE SHIP PIPE FRAGMENT
Of panel form depicting, a bird with extended tongue held by a figure, rough edges at each side
4in. (10.1cm.) long

来源

Sotheby's, New York, October 21, 1994, lot 212

拍品专文

Wright (1996) writes: "A Euro-American sailor grasps the tongue of a bird on this 1840s or 1850s ship pipe. They sit on an undrilled base-line, a fragment of a ship pipe that would have been more than twice this length in its complete form. The bowl and stem portion of this pipe are missing."