pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

An Anishinaabe stone pipe bowl carved in the shape of a human head and short wooden stem. Collected at Cass Lake, Minnesota by Amos Gottschall, who made collecting trips to the area between 1880 and 1910. From the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Gottschall Collection. Loaned to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936 by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Given to the Museum in 1992.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Collected at Cass Lake, Minnesota.

Place of Origin: Cass Lake, MI
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s-1900s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

Black stone; white pigment; red paint; wood (possibly ash)

Techniques or Format

Black stone has been carved as a narrow human face with a bowl in the top of the face and a stem hole in the back of the head. The wooden stem is flat, rectangular in sections, and flares slightly in the middle with convex surfaces. The lower flange is perforated.

Motifs and Patterns

A human face.

Dimensions: 26.7 × 2.4 × 0 cm
Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

The collector, Amos Gottschall, made collecting trips between 1880 and 1910.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-2082A, B
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936 (loan); 1992 (gift)
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1880-1910
Collection Narratives and Histories

The collector, Amos Gottschall, made collecting trips between 1880 and 1910. Loaned to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Given to the museum in 1992.

GKS Reference Number: 25821
Record Creation Context

GRASAC site research visit by Alan Corbiere, David Penney, Stacey Loyer, Ruth Phillips and William Wierzbowski (curator) on December 2, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

47.3782, -94.6126

Source of Information about Places

Style and collecting history.

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