Pipe bowl (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-051c)

3D Model

3D model of a pipe bowl that was carved from wood which is part of the Uetz collection. Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHM in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

Object: Pfeifenkopf aus Holz mit Perlmutt-Intarsien

Inventory number: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-051c

Collection: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

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Text by A.Eschner

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.