pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

A black steatite pipe bowl with a short pointed prow and lead inlay around bowl and shank. Anishinaabe, made in the nineteenth century. Part of the Charles Stephens Collection, it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1945 through the daughter in law of Charles Stephens, Mrs. Owen Stephens.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Museum attribution, style supports this attribution

Date Made or Date Range: 1800s-1890s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

black steatite; lead

Techniques or Format

A small black stone pipe bowl with a slightly flared cylindrical bowl, short pointed prow, and rectangular sectioned shank. There is lead inlay on the top of the bowl and at the end of the shank.

Motifs and Patterns

The inlay on the bowl is comprised of eight triangles. The stem shank inlay is in the form of horns on top the surface and triangles to two adjacent sides.

Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This is a 19th century type of pipe.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 45-15-1399
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1945
Collection Narratives and Histories

Part of the Charles Stephens Collection, it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1945 through the daughter in law of Charles Stephens, Mrs. Owen Stephens.

GKS Reference Number: 24941
Record Creation Context

small black stone pipe bowl with slightly flared cylindrical bowl, short pointed prow, and rectangular sectioned shank, lead inlay on top of bowl and end of shank

Approximate Place of Origin

45.7335, -82.1694

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