Pipe Bowl and Stem, Ojibwa, ca. 1885
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1885
Pipe bowl and stem in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.75a, b), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it ca. 1885 and records its origin as Ojibwa; United States. The museum records the medium as Catlinite, chlorite, lead (bowl); wood, glass, beads, metal (stem) and the dimensions as Bowl: H. 4 x L. 7 3/4 in. (10.2 x 19.7 cm) Stem: W. 2 3/8 x L. 22 3/4 in. (6 x 57.8 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Catlinite, chlorite, lead (bowl); wood, glass, beads, metal (stem)
- Dimensions
- Bowl: H. 4 x L. 7 3/4 in. (10.2 x 19.7 cm) Stem: W. 2 3/8 x L. 22 3/4 in. (6 x 57.8 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- United States
- Culture recorded
- Ojibwa
Identification
- Met object id
- 319017
- Museum object name
- Pipe bowl and stem
- Museum object number
- 2011.154.75a, b
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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