Mixtec Redware Smoking Pipe w/ Canid Head

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec or Tarascan culture, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A hand-built redware pipe, before the bowl is a abstract zoomorph head, perhaps symbolizing a canid such as a dog or coyote, with applied spirals along the sides. Smoking pipes played an important role in Mesoamerican society. In addition to tobacco, and often prior to it, we know from ethnohistorical accounts that people smoked a variety of other plants, including dogwood, juniper, sumac, and bearberry. Size: 9" L x 1.8" W x 2" H (22.9 cm x 4.6 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Fayetteville, Arkansas estate, USA, acquired 1960 to 2024

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#185854
Condition Report: Professionally repaired with light restoration. Missing end of pipe under the bowl. Stem reattached with visible break line about 3 inches from the mouth hole. Bowl reattached and animal head reattached, restoration with new material on neck and applied spiral.