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pipe stem
pipe stem
pipe stem
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This material is traditionally and usually not publicly available because it contains important secret or sacred components.
Nation of Maker:
Odawa
Place of Origin:
Emmet County, MI
Date Made or Date Range:
1875
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Materials
Carved ash
Techniques or Format
Long flat pipe stem with concave/convex section that narrows at both ends.
Motifs and Patterns
Both edges are scalloped so that the shape becomes a series of sequential ovoid forms darkened on one side with hot file marks, but leaving a central unscorched dot in the center of each segment. Marks: C-571 in red / 79 in blue.
Dimensions:
27.625 × 0.375 × 1.5 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.796
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:
26972
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