Thomas Corwin Donaldson (Thomas C. Donaldson), Non-Indian, 1843-1898 Search this
Thomas Blaine Donaldson (Thomas B. Donaldson), Non-Indian, 1876-1947 Search this
Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania) Search this
Previous seller:
Thomas Blaine Donaldson (Thomas B. Donaldson), Non-Indian, 1876-1947 Search this
Object Name:
Pipe bowl
Media/Materials:
Argillite
Techniques:
Carved
Dimensions:
36 x 6.5 x 2 cm
Object Type:
Pipes and Smoking
Place:
Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada (inferred)
Archipelago:
Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
Date created:
circa 1830
Collection History:
Collection history unknown, but said to have belonged to William Clark (1770-1838, of Lewis and Clark fame, later governor of the Missouri Territory and US Superintendent of Indian Affairs); given to the artist George Catlin (1796-1872) before 1838; acquired by Catlin's biographer Thomas Corwin Donaldson (1843-1898) at an unknown date; sold to the Free Museum of Science and Art (later the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania) in 1901 by his son, Thomas Blaine Donaldson (1876-1947); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum in 1908.
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