Materials

Steatite

Techniques or Format

Carved and incised. Beautifully done. Rings incised in bowl, and smooth appearance, and regularity suggest machining (but of course it isn't).

Motifs and Patterns

Possible bear carved at front of pipe bowl on side away from smoker. Diagonal lines incised on bowls.

Dimensions: 0 × 3 × 6 cm

Condition: Broken.

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

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: NS18190B

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

Collection Narratives and Histories

ROM record notes it was collected by Colonel George E. Laidlaw

GKS Reference Number: 26910

How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe bowl. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, NS18190B. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 26910.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008. Present in the archaeology lab: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Mark Scheibmayer, April Hawkins.