pwaagan, pipe bowl
pwaagan, pipe bowl
pwaagan, pipe bowl






This relative is an Anishinaabe black steatite pwaagan (pipe) bowl with lead inlay, decorated with a kneeling woman holding a pipe on one side and a moose on the other side. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANS) lent it to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, where it currently resides.
Based on style and museum documentation.
Museum documentation and observations made by the GRASAC research team.
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black steatite; pewter
Black steatite with a multiple scalloped band of pewter inlay below the bowl rim and on the sides of the stem end of the tube. It has a high bowl with straight, slightly expanding sides. A thin, vertical slab on top of the tube is decorated, on one side, with a moose carved in low relief, and on the other, a kneeling woman holding a pipe.
A moose and a kneeling woman holding a pipe.
Provenance
This relative was lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1936, by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. It was officially gifted to the Penn Museum and was accessioned in 1997.
Maurer, Evan M. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art. Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977. (See: Page 126-127/Fig 134)
About This GRASAC Record
Maker, Name unrecorded. Pwaagan, pipe bowl. GRASAC ID 24551. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 97-84-964.
This information was gathered during a GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009.
This record was augmented by Joy Kruse on February 1, 2025.
Based on style and museum documentation.