Surreal-esque Hand-stitched Seal Fur Wrapped Pipe, Presumed Inuit hybrid spring tension catching/gripping mechanism

spring tension catching/gripping mechanism

And while larger pieces are truly spectacular

one for 15 and two for three

with excellent aging and wear to the surfaces

at nearly a foot tall

Surreal-esque Hand-stitched Seal Fur Wrapped Pipe, Presumed Inuit hybrid spring tension catching/gripping mechanismWhen I spotted this one, I immediately saw it as a marriage between Meret Oppenheim's fur lined tea cup and Rene Magritte's Ceci n'est pas une pipe; a very surrealist sort of object, and to my sensibilities quite a wonderful one. But with the fur being seal fur, I would presume it is in fact Inuit Alaskan Eskimo, and would guess the function of the fur was to make it easier to hold and pack the pipe in the cold, and also to make it personal to the