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pipe bowl
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Nation of Maker:
Odawa
Place of Origin:
Oden, MI
Date Made or Date Range:
1920
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Materials
wood
Techniques or Format
Wooden extended base pipe bowl (maple burl): octagonal- sectioned bowl and base.
Motifs and Patterns
squirrel carved on proximal corner of base and bowl, frog carved on distal corner; very small serrated fin on upper proximal surface.
Additional Context
DJ: Squirrel motif may be a dodem, but no known frog dodem.
Original and Subsequent Uses
DP: Possibly a WPA project
Other Notes
According to Pohrt, it is an example of work made for tourist trade.
Dimensions:
5.625 × 1.5 × 3.75 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.658
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:
1963
Collection Narratives and Histories
Purchased at Odin, Michigan, l963.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26834
Approximate Place of Origin