1616

Tobacco smoking was a valued social custom in Arctic cultures, making pipes essential possessions that were often exchanged as gifts. As such, pipes were carefully and slowly created, their value being determined by their color and the amount of time spent creating them. This object's original...

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Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Mary Church Terrell Main Library 1889
Subjects:
Arctic
Canada
Ungava Bay
Online Access:http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/ocec,6449
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spelling ftohiocolleges:oai:server15963.contentdm.oclc.org:ocec/6449 2023-05-15T14:56:31+02:00 1616 Pipe Ungava Bay Labrador Canada 1889 Ivory Stem: 23 cm, Wood Cylinder: 9.7 cm, Metal Chain: 19.5 cm Ivory Stem: 2 cm, Wood Cylinder: 2.35 cm, Metal rings: 3 cm http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/ocec,6449 unknown Mary Church Terrell Main Library http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/ocec,6449 All images and data in this collection are the property of Oberlin College affiliates. Images may be downloaded for personal use only. All requests to publish or use this material professionally should be directed to Linda Grimm, Emerita Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 TUR- L. M. Turner CompoundObject 1889 ftohiocolleges 2022-05-18T12:01:21Z Tobacco smoking was a valued social custom in Arctic cultures, making pipes essential possessions that were often exchanged as gifts. As such, pipes were carefully and slowly created, their value being determined by their color and the amount of time spent creating them. This object's original tag says that it is made of stone and brown clay slate, but this is not the case, so it is possible that the wrong tag was attached to the item. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Ungava Bay Five Colleges of Ohio Digital Collections Arctic Canada Ungava Bay ENVELOPE(-67.489,-67.489,59.498,59.498)
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description Tobacco smoking was a valued social custom in Arctic cultures, making pipes essential possessions that were often exchanged as gifts. As such, pipes were carefully and slowly created, their value being determined by their color and the amount of time spent creating them. This object's original tag says that it is made of stone and brown clay slate, but this is not the case, so it is possible that the wrong tag was attached to the item.
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title 1616
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title_full 1616
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title_full_unstemmed 1616
title_sort 1616
publisher Mary Church Terrell Main Library
publishDate 1889
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op_coverage Ungava Bay Labrador
Canada
long_lat ENVELOPE(-67.489,-67.489,59.498,59.498)
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Canada
Ungava Bay
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Canada
Ungava Bay
genre Arctic
Ungava Bay
genre_facet Arctic
Ungava Bay
op_source TUR- L. M. Turner
op_relation http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/ocec,6449
op_rights All images and data in this collection are the property of Oberlin College affiliates. Images may be downloaded for personal use only. All requests to publish or use this material professionally should be directed to Linda Grimm, Emerita Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074
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