A Haida argillite effigy clay pipe type 19.5cm.
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A Haida argillite effigy clay pipe type
The bowl in the form of the head of a ship's captain with incised fringed hair and high buttoned collar, the stem carved with a reclining figure with separately carved soapstone head, shown leaning back while pulling hard on reins wrapped around the neck of the sea captain, 19.5cm.
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Hilton Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan, 8th July 1985

Category: Ethnographic Art / Tribal

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