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calumet, pipe stem and pipe bowl
calumet, pipe stem and pipe bowl
calumet, pipe stem and pipe bowl
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Introduction
An Anishinaabe calumet, with catlinite pipe bowl and wooden pipe stem. Given to the Peabody Essex Museum by Enos Cutler in 1826.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range:
1823-25
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
Museum documentation.
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Materials
wooden stem; paint, red and black; 2 brass studs; catlinite
Techniques or Format
The stem is pierced by round holes and rectangular slits and painted in red and black. Two metal studs go through both sides (domed on both sides) at the bowl end. The bowl has parallel grooved rings at the stem end.
Condition:
Very good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
The collector was in the region at this time.
Provenance
Current Location:
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
E3694
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1826
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
before 1826
Collection Narratives and Histories
Given to the Peabody Essex Museum by Enos Cutler in 1826.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26968
Record Creation Context
Research visit by Ruth Phillips working with Karen Kramer Russell and Madeleine Kropa
Approximate Place of Origin