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pipe bowl
pipe bowl
pipe bowl
Pipe made of grey stone. Anishinaabeg or Chippewa, acquired from Lake Superior. Collected by William Bragge. Purchased by the British Museum through the Christy fund from W. Wareham in 1882.
British Museum accession record. The GRASAC research team suggested it was made by the Chippewa.
Created from information in the British Museum object catalogue and suggestions made by the GRASAC research team.
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Made of grey stone, coloured black.
Carved, with ridges.
Provenance
Collected by William Bragge. Purchased by the British Museum through the Christy fund from W. Wareham in 1882.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Anishinaabe artist, pipe bowl. Currently in the British Museum, Am,Dc.14. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24377.
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Jonathan King (JK), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).