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Introduction

Clay pipe with bear effigy. Normal School Collection.

Place of Origin: Hamilton, ON
Materials

Clay, "white stone".

Motifs and Patterns

Bear face on bowl facing smoker; effigy.

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1889. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "...considerably weathered, and has what appears to be the head of a bear of dog on the inner edge of the bowl." See publication history below for full citation details.

Dimensions: 17 × 0 × 8 cm
Condition: Good.
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS95
Collection at Current Location: Normal School Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Toronto Normal School Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts
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 1888-89, being part of Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1889 (Toronto: Warwick & Sons, 1889) p. 30.

GKS Reference Number: 26791
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS95. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26791.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008. Present in the archaeology lab: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Mark Scheibmayer.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.2557, -79.8711

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