Rare Pipe Bowl

Northwest Coast, mid 19th c.

Carved wood

3.88" h x 4" w (9.86 x 10.16 cm)

Price: $3,800

 
 

A rare and finely carved pipe bowl of unusual form, depicting a head cradled in the embrace of what may be a seal/ice worm. A small hole in the animal’s tail would have supported a pipe stem, while a hole in the human head would have held tobacco.