#83 • Antique Haida Argillite Pipe w/ Stand

Part of September 2024 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $700.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A museum-quality late 19th century pipe crafted from argillite, a shale stone known as ‘Kwawhlahl’ among the Haida people of Southern Alaska and the Pacific Northwest Coast. The pipe bowl is crafted as a human head with a hooked hawk's beak and a carved animal, likely a dog, upon the stem. The pipe rests upon a metal stand inserted upon a thick rectangular slab of argillite. The pipe alone measures approximately 7.5" x 1.25" x 2.5".