Materials

red catlinite

Techniques or Format

Stem has flat top and base and curved sides, and tapers in height and width towards distal end. Sides of stem are carved to form four slightly projecting bands, each bisected by fine incised line. Wider bands of lower relief between these are carved to form convex curve. Bowl is roughly conical in shape, flaring towards top with is slightly convex. Three incised lines encircling bowl near top are separated by concave bands.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 6.5 cm

Condition: Chipped around bowl edge and other places; also 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-1175

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 27 July 1978

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

Publication History

King, J.C.H. Tobacco, Smoking Pipes of the North American Indian, British Museum Publications Ltd., London, 1977.

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.

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

CMC record

GKS Reference Number: 25901