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Introduction

Vasiform stone pipe with incised lines and "X"s. Normal School Collection.

Place of Origin: Regional Municipality of York, ON
Materials

Stone

Techniques or Format

Carved; vasiform.

Motifs and Patterns

Three of the four sides are incised: facing the smoker is a fishnet pattern, side facing away from smoker is a grid pattern overlaid with an "X", left side is referred to in the archaeology as a "square and compass" but Heidi Bohaker does not find this description accurate.

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1887. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "the appearance of the square and compasses which are plainly enough seen on the front side of the squared central portion." See publication history below for full citation details.

Dimensions: 9 × 4 × 2 cm
Condition: Fair, intact.
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS49
Collection at Current Location: Normal School Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1885
Collection Narratives and Histories

ROM record notes it was collected by York Pioneers in 1885.

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. 27.

GKS Reference Number: 25892
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS49. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 25892.

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).

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