Materials

Clay janus pipe.

Motifs and Patterns

2 faces, each the same with open mouths, one facing towards the smoker, the other facing away.

Other Notes

From Annual Archaeological Report of Ontario for 1887. Provincial archaeologist David Boyle wrote: "it is of close texture, well baked and of superior finish." See publication history below for full citation details.

Dimensions: 9 × 7 × 6 cm

Condition: Shows burnt interior, has been used, broken.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

ROM record.

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS6881

Collection at Current Location: Normal School Collection

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1912

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Toronto Normal School Museum of Natural History and Fine Arts

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: /1887

Publication History

Sketch & comment appear in the Annual Archaeological Reports of Ontario: David Boyle, "Notes on Specimens," in Annual Report of the Canadian Institute, Session 1886-87, being part of Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1887 (Toronto: Warwick & Sons, 1888) p. 24.

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

A complete set of the AAROs are available in the library of the Royal Ontario Museum. This volume is also available as a digital copy through the Internet Archive (www.archive.org)

GKS Reference Number: 26172

How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe bowl. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS6881.. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26172.

Record Creation Context

Record created as a result of a GRASAC-sponsored research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, December 15-19, 2008. Research costs supported by a SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant (2007-2010, Ruth Phillips, PI).