pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Introduction

A dark green steatite pipe bowl with short pointed prow. Anishinaabe, made in the nineteenth century. Part of the Charles Stephens Collection, it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1945 through the daughter in law of Charles Stephens, Mrs. Owen Stephens.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Style, and catalogue card.

Date Made or Date Range: 1800s-1890s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

steatite, dark green

Techniques or Format

flaring cylindrical pipe bowl, short pointed prow and rounded cylindrical shank with beveled flat bottom surface, angled crest toward end of the shank

Dimensions: 13.6 × 0 × 7.2 cm
Condition: good
Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 45-15-1400
Collection at Current Location: Charles H. Stephens Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1945
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: daughter in law of Charles Stephens, Mrs. Owen Stephens
Collection Narratives and Histories

Part of the Charles Stephens Collection, it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1945 through the daughter in law of Charles Stephens, Mrs. Owen Stephens.

GKS Reference Number: 26145
Record Creation Context

small black stone pipe bowl with slightly flared cylindrical bowl, short pointed prow, and rectangular sectioned shank, lead inlay on top of bowl and end of shank

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

The pointed prow suggests it was made by a Western Great Lakes community.

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