pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

An Anishinaabe black steatite pipe with lead inlay, decorated with a kneeling woman holding a pipe on one side and a moose on the other side. Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Based on style and museum documentation.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

black steatite; pewter

Techniques or Format

Black steatite with a multiple scalloped band of pewter inlay below the bowl rim and on the sides of the stem end of the tube. It has a high bowl with straight, slightly expanding sides. A thin, vertical slab on top of the tube is decorated, on one side, with a moose carved in low relief, and on the other, a kneeling woman holding a pipe.

Motifs and Patterns

A moose and a kneeling woman holding a pipe.

Dimensions: 19 × 0 × 9 cm
Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: L-84-964
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1936
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Collection Narratives and Histories

Lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

GKS Reference Number: 24551
Record Creation Context

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Based on style and museum documentation.

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