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pipe bowl
pipe bowl
pipe bowl
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Introduction
Pipe bowl carved of red catlinite with lead and black steatite inlays and notched rim along base and front of bowl. Bowl is in the shape of a human head facing the smoker. Collected by A. Speyer. Ojibwa.
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range:
early 19th c.
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Materials
catlinite, lead, steatite, speckling of black paint on one side of bowl and base.
Techniques or Format
Made from dull red catlinite, with lead and black steatite inlays. Notched rim extending along most of base, and up front of bowl. Notched crest of black stone above end of base.
Motifs and Patterns
Bowl is in shape of human head, with face directed toward Smoker.
Dimensions:
12.3 × 0 × 7.5 cm
Condition:
Good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
CMC record
Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-G-845
Collection at Current Location:
Speyer Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1973
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
A. Speyer
Collection Narratives and Histories
A. Speyer
Exhibition History
Art Gallery of Ontario, From the Four Quarters, March 19, 1984 - May 23, 1984
Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data
CMC record
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GKS Reference Number:
26540
Approximate Place of Origin