Clay.

Human effigy head for bowl; detailed mouth; ears are pierced; showing him wearing a hat or headdress; very deep bowl.

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1889. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "Enough of the neck remains to indicate that the face looked towards the smoker. Unfortunately the nose is broken, and only the outline of its extent on the face remains. [...] the eyes are simply holes, and pains have been taken to form the lips. The eye-brows and cheeks are well modelled. The projections for ears are crude, and each is penetrated by a small hole. The band forming the head-dress is peculiar." See publication history below for full citation details.

Sketch & comment appear in the Annual Archaeological Reports of Ontario: David Boyle, "Notes on Specimens," in Annual Report of the Canadian Institute, Session 1888-89, being part of Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1889 (Toronto: Warwick & Sons, 1889) p. 24.

A complete set of the AAROs are available in the library of the Royal Ontario Museum. This volume is also available as a digital copy through the Internet Archive (www.archive.org)

Unknown artist, pipe. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS8209. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26248.

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008. Present in the archaeology lab: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Ashley Casey (AC),Stacey Loyer (SL).