Materials

Banded slate

Techniques or Format

Carved

Motifs and Patterns

Bear effigy. Has bear ears, but a very long tail.

Other Notes

This item is described in the AARO report as the largest bear effigy pipe in Ontario.

Dimensions: 19 × 9 × 7 cm

Condition: Fair. His tail is cracked and a piece has cracked off his chest. Evidence of use. It also appears to have been cracked and repaired or restored.

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS26754

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: 1902

Collection Narratives and Histories

ROM record notes item collected in 1902 by T.W. Newberry; in 1904 by George E. Laidlaw

Publication History

ROM record notes item appears in AARO 1904:26 FIG. 23; 1913: 41

GKS Reference Number: 26707

How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS26754. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26707.

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),Lewis Debassige (LD), Stacey Loyer (SL).