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Description: | Old label reads E760, painted labels read E124. Three nail marks punture the surface, possibly from earlier display methods. CULT Plains, North American Indian Canada North America This carved pipe stem is slightly trapeze-shaped, with a blunt projection at the mouth end and a tubular projection at the other, thought to fit into a stone pipe bowl. The faces are slightly convex and decorated with incised lines in the shape of leaves and flowers. The hollow centre of the stem was most probably achieved by drilling with hot wire.
Smoking was a leisure activity in amongst the native North Americans, however it also had religious and ceremonial uses. The calumet, or peace pipe was the most common type of pipe used in the Plains.
The donor of this item is unknown, however it may have been accessioned with E.123, a catlinite pipe bowl obtained in 1821. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PITTR : NAMERE : JEN : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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