Artifact Number:
 04318

Object:
Pipe, tobacco
Ipu Baka

Material:
 Ivory (whale), Metal (brass)

Dimensions:
 L: 11.4 cm; H: 4.8 cm

Origin:
  Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Tobacco Pipe. Whale's tooth tobacco pipe, lately made by Waia of Ponahawai, Hilo, Hawaii, who sold it to Emerson on April 15, 1886 for $1.50. (Emerson) Bowl circumference where it joins the stem 8.6 cm; bowl diameter at opening 1.6 cm. There is a wide bowl opening (brass; 1.3 cm) and metal on tip of the stem. No figure. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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