pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

A 'Micmac' type of pipe bowl, made of black steatite with lead or pewter inlay. A type used by Anishinaabe, Blackfoot, and other peoples. Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe Other
Nation of Origin

These pipes were used by different peoples, including the Anishinaabe and the Blackfoot.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

black steatite; pewter or lead.

Techniques or Format

Carved out of a piece of black steatite. Decorated with a band of pewter or lead inlay around the upper part of the bowl with triangular spaces left as steatite. There is also a double band of pewter or lead inlay around the base. The thin rectangular base has a scalloped bottom and there are wide grooves below the inlay. The top is concave on each side of the high globular bowl, with a constricted neck.

Motifs and Patterns

Lines and triangles.

Dimensions: 11.5 × 7 × 0 cm
Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-963
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Collection Narratives and Histories

Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

GKS Reference Number: 27241
Record Creation Notes/Observations

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

Source of Information about Places

Based on the type of pipe bowl.

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