A Charming Woodlands Platform Pipe Modelled as a Recumbent Deer
A Charming Woodlands Platform Pipe Modelled as a Recumbent Deer
Stone
North East North America
19th Century or Earlier
SIZE: 6cm high, 10.5cm wide, 4cm deep - 2⅓ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep
Stone
North East North America
19th Century or Earlier
SIZE: 6cm high, 10.5cm wide, 4cm deep - 2⅓ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep
A Charming Woodlands Platform Pipe Modelled as a Recumbent Deer
Stone
North East North America
19th Century or Earlier
SIZE: 6cm high, 10.5cm wide, 4cm deep - 2⅓ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep
Stone
North East North America
19th Century or Earlier
SIZE: 6cm high, 10.5cm wide, 4cm deep - 2⅓ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep
In the ceremonial use of tobacco, the pipe bowl was regarded by Native Americans as a miniature altar on which was effected the burning of tobacco as incense, either as an offering to the gods or in honour of important personages.
Ernst Anspach, New York
Christies London, Tribal Art, 4th December 1990, lot 191
Ex Private English collection
Christies London, Tribal Art, 4th December 1990, lot 191
Ex Private English collection
A Charming Woodlands Platform Pipe Modelled as a Recumbent Deer
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