pipe bowl

pipe bowl

pipe bowl

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

Carved blackstone

Techniques or Format

Extended base pipe bowl made of black stone.

Motifs and Patterns

It has a square-sectioned bowl with a face carved on each side, a narrowing distal projection on the base and a banded collar at the proximal end. Opposed birds are carved on the upper proximal surface of the base.

Dimensions: 8 × 4.75 × 0 in
Current Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.278
Collection at Current Location: Chandler Pohrt Collection
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: 1928
Collection Narratives and Histories

Formerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler, 1928 (from Shook's Hotel, Saginaw, Michigan.) Acquired with Pipe stem 81.236.

GKS Reference Number: 27079
Record Creation Notes/Observations

Detailed images of this item are not yet available because it could not be de-installed from the galleries for photography prior to the team's visit. DIA Museum Catalogue System (TMS) photographs were uploaded by Kelly Konieczki as temporary place-holder images. During the GRASAC visit, all discussion of this item was captured exclusively on video by Crystal Migwans during a walk-through of the galleries; members did not have access to internet/GKS at the time to enter information.

Approximate Place of Origin

44.16098, -91.78108

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