pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Place of Origin: Minnesota, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1850
Materials

Blackstone (but different from stealite) with pewter or lead inlay

Techniques or Format

Flaring, circular-sectioned pipe bowl with slightly extended base. Proximal end is cylindrical and flattened on bottom. The distal end of the base has a short, nearly pointed extension. The upper part of the bowl is inlaid with two deeply serrated bands of pewter or lead.

Motifs and Patterns

two rows of downward facing triangles encircling the top of the bowl.

Additional Context

top row has 10 inlaid triangles creating 10 black stone triangles; bottom row has 9/9 triangles.

Dimensions: 5.625 × 1.875 × 3 in
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.24
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Richard A. Pohrt
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1961
Collection Narratives and Histories

Formerly in the collection of: Mrs. William England, Caro, Michigan, 1961.

GKS Reference Number: 26755
Approximate Place of Origin

46.7296, -94.6859