pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

Ceramic pipe bowl with possible human effigy. Haudenosaunee/Petun. Found in Nottawasaga, Ontario. Normal School Collection.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Other
Nation of Origin

Historical Haudenosaunee or Petun.

Place of Origin: Nottawasaga Township, Simcoe County, ON
Materials

Clay, ceramic. Soapstone.

Techniques or Format

Engraved

Motifs and Patterns

May be a human figure with arms, swept back on side of bowl.

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1891. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "Fig. 89 is of a coarse soapstone and is considerable ruder and less marked in outline than the engraving would indicate. The position of the arms corresponds with what is found on clay pipes (see Fig. 72). The Cavity is larger than usual in pipes of this kind, the wall of the bowl being thin." See publication history below for full citation details.

Dimensions: 7 × 5 × 0 cm
Condition: Fair, broken at base of pipe.
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS11100
Collection at Current Location: Normal School Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Toronto Normal School Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1889
Collection Narratives and Histories

Item was found on Melville farm, Nottawasaga Township, Ontario; ROM record notes it was collected by William and David Melville.

Publication History

Sketch & comment appear in the Annual Archaeological Reports of Ontario: David Boyle, "Notes on Specimens," in Fourth Annual Report of the Canadian Institute, Session of 1890-91, being an Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1891 (Toronto: Warwick & Sons, 1891) p. 39.

Also appears in AARO 1888-89:10; Garrad Notes 1974.

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

A complete set of the AAROs are available in the library of the Royal Ontario Museum. This volume is also available as a digital copy through the Internet Archive (www.archive.org)

GKS Reference Number: 25720
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe bowl. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS11100. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 25720.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008. Present in the archaeology lab: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Mark Scheibmayer (MS).

Approximate Place of Origin

44.41089, -80.25187

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