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pipe bowl
pipe bowl
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Introduction
Pipe bowl carved of grey stone. Made by the grandfather of Isaac V. Asinewe of Wikwemikong, Ontario. Collected by F.W. Waugh. Ojibwa.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
Date Made or Date Range:
before 1916
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
GRASAC generated. CMC record (March 1975)
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Materials
Grey stone
Other Notes
Typically Eastern elbow shaped pipe bowl and base. The Bowl is slightly funnel shaped and the round base has a plain low fin on top. The pipe base would probably have had a long wooden stem attached.
Dimensions:
9.2 × 0 × 5.3 cm
Condition:
Good, darkened with use, edges slightly rough from use, evidence of charcoal on the interior of the bowl and around the bowl rim (March 1975).
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
Collected by F.W. Waugh in Summer of 1916
Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-G-310
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1916
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
Summer 1916
Collection Narratives and Histories
(Waugh) One of two pipes (III-G-311), Isaac V. Asinawe, Made by grandfather
Publication History
C Miles, Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of A. West.
Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data
CMC record (March 1975)
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26163
Approximate Place of Origin