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1952.10.8

Tobacco pipe with stem decorated with strings of glass beads.

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1952.10.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tobacco pipe with stem decorated with strings of glass beads.
Geographical reference
Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Alberta near Calgary Blood Indian Reserve
Person
Maker Eagle Ribs
Field collector A. Nora Foote
PRM source Margaret B. Foote
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
1895
Acquisition information
Donated: 1952
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Bead, Material Glass, Process Carved, Process Wound
Dimensions
Length: max 770 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1952.10.8
Research and responses

During a research visit in 2004, Frank Weasel Head and Andy Blackwater (Kainai ceremonial leaders) examined this pipe and said they felt it was made for sale to tourists, and was not a ceremonial pipe. [LPeers 28/9/2017]

See related documents file for correspondence between Laura Peers, Lecturer Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, and Joanne Schmidt regarding a similar pipe possibly in the Glenbow collection (includes a print out of an image of the pipe bowl). [ZM 19/10/2017]

Associated publications
lso illustrated in black and white as figure 92b on page 167 of Pfeifen und Pfeifenrituale der Indianer Nordamerikas by Wolfgang Cremer (Germany, 2000). NB the accession number is given wrongly as '1952.108'. [MdeA 13/10/2000]

Search terms: Ritual and Ceremonial, Figure, Bead, Narcotic, Ceremonial Object, Pipe, Tobacco Accessory, Animal Figure