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pipe bowl
pipe bowl
pipe bowl
Pipe bowl made of catlinite. Collected by Johann Georg Schwarz in the 1820s. Currently housed at the Weltmuseum Wien, Austria.
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Made of catlinite
Carved, with step that comes to a point that projects beyond the bowl.
There are signs of use, smells like tobacco.
Johann Georg Schwarz collected this item, possibly when he traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.
Provenance
Johann Georg Schwarz traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Indigenous artist, pipe bowl. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 12007. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59021.
In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in December 2021 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.
Created using a spreadsheet with information made by Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake).
43.0612, -78.4489
On the pipe bowl, the step comes to a point that projects beyond the bowl, which is generally thought to be of Plains peoples. However, other catlinite pipes from the 19th century are Anishinaabe in origin (see related heritage items).