pipe bowl, stone

pipe bowl, stone

pipe bowl, stone

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Introduction

An Ojibwe stone pipe with a human head carved bowl, serpentine neck and animal mouthpiece. Part of the Pearsall collection, acquired in December, 1963.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

FLMNH records identify this as "Chippewa"

Date Made or Date Range: 1840
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

FLMNH records

Materials

stone

Techniques or Format

Stone pipe bowl carved in the form of a human head, stem is serpentine with engraved scales and gills, mouthpiece in carved as an underwater figure with teeth exposed.

Motifs and Patterns

human, animal, possibly underwater panther

Additional Context

underwater panther

Other Notes

catalogue card was found missing in 1988, information contained in new card is less detailed than other items in the collection

Dimensions: 17 × 0 × 6.5 cm
Condition: fair: One ear broken off human figure; inlay missing from animal figure's eyes"
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

approximate, FLMNH records

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: P0393
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1963-12-17
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1900/1960
Collection Narratives and Histories

Items purchased on the art market by Col. Leigh M. Pearsall between 1900 and 1960. Purchased from Pearsall by the University of Florida Endowment Corp., the collection contains several thousand archeological and ethnographic specimens chiefly from North America, and comprises a large portion of the FLMNH's ethnographic collection.

Exhibition History

loaned to the Glenbow Museum in 1987.

GKS Reference Number: 27217
Record Creation Notes/Observations

Made from the records of the FLMNH

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