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Introduction

Ceramic pipe decorated with triangles and lines along the bowl. Normal School Collection.

Place of Origin: Beverly township, Ontario
Materials

Ceramic pipe.

Techniques or Format

Decorated with a band of triangles filled with diagonal lines on the bowl's sides.

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1887. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "Fig. 10 may be taken as a typical illustration of what, from the frequency of its appearance in the neighborhood of the Georgian Bay, is sometimes spoken of as "The Huron Pipe," although many of them have a sharper and longer outward curve, giving the mouth a broad, flattened look." See publication history below for full citation details.

Dimensions: 8 × 4 × 5 cm
Condition: Good. There is a small chip on the bowl's edge. It is intact and smokable. Evidence of use.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Item is described in the Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1887. See publication history

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS6822
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Collection Narratives and Histories

Item is from the farm of Mr. James Rae, Beverly Township, Ontario.

Publication History

Sketch & comment appear in the Annual Archaeological Reports of Ontario: David Boyle, "Notes on Specimens," in Annual Report of the Canadian Institute, Session 1886-87, being part of Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1887 (Toronto: Warwick & Sons, 1888) p. 22.

GKS Reference Number: 24440
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS6822. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 24440.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Present in the archaeology lab: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Ashley Casey (AC),Stacey Loyer (SL).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.42, -80.14