stone

The pipe bowl has been carved from stone.

A man's head with a small animal head behind.

The on-site researchers noted that the animal figure has triangular 'spines' along it and may be the underwater being. Ruth Phillips noted that a similar pipe was sketched by Paul Kane on or near Manitoulin Island in 1838. His sketchbook is now in the Royal Ontario Museum. The sketch is reproduced in Royal Ontario Museum, Paul Kane Sketch Pad (Facsimile edition), Toronto: Charles J. Musson Ltd., 1969

Museum's description: Artefact: pipe in shape of man's head with small animal head behind Materials: stone Dimensions: length : 13.8 cms Marks: South Africa in white lettering Manufacture: CULT North American Indian Great Lakes region North America Notes: NB This was originally catalogued as part of the Knobel collection from the Transvaal but is stylistically North Amercan Indian. Keywords: PITTR : SMOKING : NAMERE : GRASAC : [was originally identified as South African because of the collection it came with, but then reattributed to Great Lakes, North America] (see Link, posted July 23, 2009).

Based on stylistic similarities with pipe bowls from this period.

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

This record was created during a GRASAC research visit to The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, April 2007.

On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Sally-Ann Coupar