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Pipe bowl
Pipe bowl
Pipe bowl
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Introduction
A black stone pipe bowl with perforated decorative panel along shank, first half of the nineteenth century, probably Anishinaabe
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range:
1800s-1850s
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Materials
back stone, maybe soapstone
Techniques or Format
perforated decorative panel with 3 large holes along top of shank, fluted bowl, and prow
Dimensions:
10 × 0 × 7 cm
Condition:
fair, prow broken off, has been smoked with tobacco residue in bowl
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
similarity to pipes in Drummond Collection dated to War of 1812 in the Canadian museum of Civilization
Provenance
Current Location:
National Museum of Ireland
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
1930.512
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1930
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Purcxhased from Mrs. Emily Herrick, Crookstown, County Cork
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
27103
Record Creation Context
GRASAC research trip to National Museum of Ireland July 22, 2010. Participants: Ruth Phillips, Alan Corbiere, Rachel Hand, Crystal Migwans, Nikolaus Stolle assisted by Padraig Clancy and Emma Crosby.
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