Auction: September 17, 2023
Lot #261: Inuit Pipe and Cheroot Holder Assortment
(27) items including (4) stone pipes with two having metal mounts and (15) cheroot holders / straight pipes including walrus, seal and canine effigies, geometric decorated and twisted stemmed, many having pigment filled engraved details; together with (2) Billikens, an acrylic stand, (3) Native American carved stone pipes including a Northwest Coast argillite human head effigy having inlaid bone eyes, turtle carved behind the bowl and wood stem, a Cherokee steatite axe-form having biconically drilled holes in carved element near end and a black steatite zoomorphic effigy also likely Cherokee as well as (3) Native American style fetish stone bears various stones and sizes, largest bear initial signed "JF" with four dots underneath
Approximate Shipping Weight:
38 pounds