pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

Pipe bowl carved from dull, red pipestone (catlinite) with an anterior projection and crest and lead inlay. A. Speyer collection. Ojibwa.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

"Minnesota Ojibway type" CMC record (May 1975)

Date Made or Date Range: early 19th century
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated. CMC record (May 1975).

Materials

red pipe stone (catlinite), lead

Techniques or Format

Carved with lead inlay. Fire-blackened bowl.

Motifs and Patterns

lead inlay of wings

Other Notes

Tapered anterior projection and crest above base. Wing on bowl is an Ojibway feature.

Dimensions: 17.5 × 4.1 × 8.7 cm
Condition: Good
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-840
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1973
Collection Narratives and Histories

(from Speyer, via T. Brasser) From Methodist Missionary Society, London.

Exhibition History

<p> Boujou Neejee, April 1976-August 1979<p/>
<p> McMichael Canadian Collection, Patterns of Powers, August 1984-July 1985 <p/>

GKS Reference Number: 26298
Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9