Culture/People:

East or Woods Cree  Search this

Collector:

C. L. Obst, Non-Indian  Search this

Previous owner:

C. L. Obst, Non-Indian  Search this

Robert Day, Non-Indian, 1836-1914  Search this

Auction venue:

Gurr, Johns & Co. Ltd.  Search this

Seller:

William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this

Object Name:

Pipe bowl

Media/Materials:

Steatite/soapstone, catlinite/pipestone, lead

Techniques:

Carved, inlaid

Object Type:

Pipes and Smoking

Place:

Eastern Canada; Canada (inferred)

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Comte (Count) de Jarrac; purchased by Ralph Michael Bustead Westropp (1813-1896, owner of Ravenswood, County Cork, Ireland) at a sale of the Count's collection; presented by Ralph Westrop to Robert Day (1836-1914, an Irish collector of antiquities) at an unknown date; purchased by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") at an auction of Robert Day's collection held by Gurr, Johns & Co. Ltd. in Cork, Ireland, in 1915; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1916.

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Catalog Number:

4/4849

Barcode:

044849.000

See related items:

East or Woods Cree

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6890814a1-067d-481e-b914-a6ccd1c51fc6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_48015