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pipe stem
pipe stem
pipe stem
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Minnesota or Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1870s
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Materials
Wood and pigment
Techniques or Format
Flat "puzzle style" pipe stem (box elder ?); one edge of the pipe stem was cut away and replaced to form the smoke channel.
Motifs and Patterns
Eight pierced designs: two birds, two circles, two amorphous figures, one cross, and one design of three parallel rectangles. Each design is surrounded by an engraved outline with traces of pigment - one side of the pipe stem red, the other side blue.
Other Notes
Object has wrong number painted on it. The right number is on the tag.
Dimensions:
30.75 × 2 × 0.5 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.138
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
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25137
Record Creation Notes/Observations
This item was not discussed by GRASAC team members during their on site visit to the DIA, May 2010.
Approximate Place of Origin