pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

Pipe bowl made of black stone with a scalloped base and dot and line motif. Ojibwa. 18th century. Acquired by A. Speyer from the W. Scott Museum in Scotland.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

CMC record: "Ojibwa type"

Date Made or Date Range: late 18th c.
Materials

black stone, highly polished

Techniques or Format

Rounded bowl, narrow neck and keel-shaped base. There is a perforation through the base, presumably for the attachment of ornaments or thongs by which it could be attached to the stem.

Motifs and Patterns

Bottom edge is carved to scalloped line and there are curved line and dot incisions on either side of the base.

Dimensions: 5.5 × 0 × 10.5 cm
Condition: Good
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CMC record

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-G-833
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1973
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: A. Speyer
Collection Narratives and Histories

Formerly in the collection of Sir Walter Scott, acquired by Speyer after 1968 from the W. Scott Museum, Abbotsford, Scotland.

Exhibition History

Boujou Neejee, April 1976-August 1979 </p>
Cobourg Art Gallery, September 1979-October 1979

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

CMC notes

GKS Reference Number: 25665
Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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