pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

Sandstone pipe bowl with cross-hatch design. Normal School Collection.

Place of Origin: Lambton Mills, ON
Materials

Stone, light brown sandstone

Techniques or Format

Carved and incised

Motifs and Patterns

Around bowl, cross hatch motif. Lines at base of bowl, which could possibly be wear.

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1887. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "The stem-hole is bored immediately below the central grove, on the right hand side of the engraving." See publication history below for full citation details.

Dimensions: 6 × 3 × 0 cm
Condition: Broken
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS66
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 Art
Collection Narratives and Histories

ROM Record: field collectors are White, Wardie and Ottie, collected in 1887

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.

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

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)

GKS Reference Number: 24968
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe bowl. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS66. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 24968.

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, April Hawkins.

Approximate Place of Origin

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