Materials

red catlinite "from top layers of quarry" (CMC record)

Techniques or Format

Carved from single piece of pale red catlinite, flecked with white. Stem has flat top and base and curved sides, and tapers in height and width toward distal end. There is flat, rectangular projection on proximal end of upper surface. Bowl is cone shaped, flaring towards the top.

Dimensions: 11.8 × 3.6 × 6.7 cm

Condition: Slightly chipped around bowl edge and along anterior edge of base, somewhat scratched. Bowl and stem have been broken apart and repaired; fine crack is still visible.

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-1176

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 27 July 1978

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1813-1816

Collection Narratives and Histories

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Publication History

King, J.C.H. Tobacco, Smoking Pipes of the North American Indian, British Museum Publications Ltd., London, 1977.
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West, George, A. Tobacco, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Indians, Bulletin of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Vol. 17, Parts I and II, 1934.

GKS Reference Number: 25481