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Introduction

Pipe adorned with motifs. Carved and made with wood and embedded glass eyes. Collected by Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand during his 1892/93 world tour.

Name of Maker(s): Anonymous artist
Maker role: Artist
Nation of Origin

Region unconfirmed, but possibly Niagara Falls.

Date Made or Date Range: Before 1894
Materials

Wood, and embedded glass eyes.

Techniques or Format

Pipe is carved

Motifs and Patterns

exaggerated features

Other Notes

Origin seems dubious (as noted by Ruth Phillips).

Autumn Epple agrees with Phillips, noting that if this is tourist craft from the Niagara Falls region, it is a design not common with Haudenosaunee artisans.

Dimensions: 20.5 × 0 × 6 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Collected during Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand's 1892/93 world tour

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 114949
Previous Collectors: Este Collection
GKS Reference Number: 59058
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 114949. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59058.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in January 2022 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Created using a spreadsheet with information made by Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake).

Approximate Place of Origin

44.2, -84.4

Source of Information about Places

Possibly from the Niagara Falls region? Autumn Epple notes that this may have been part of the tourist crafts created by Haudenosaunee crafters, and may have been Tuscarora, though the design is unfamiliar.