Description
Haida Argillite Panel Pipe
Date: 1830-40
Artist: Haida artist
Materials: argillite
Dimensions: 6 ¼” x 3” x 1”
Description: Multiple intertwined figures featuring birds, humans, and sea creatures all intertwined to create visual elegance. One of the finest early argillite pipes we have ever owned. Museum quality and exceptional condition for age.
Provenance: Collected in the late 19th century by French mining engineer Hippolyte Thiry in Alert Bay, British Columbia. By descent to his son, architect Paul Thiry (1904-1993) and Mary Thiry – Seattle, Wahington USA.
