Pipe Bowl, ca. 1860

  • Cree, Native American

Black stone, lead and catlinite

  • Overall: 4 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 1 3/8 inches (10.8 × 6.7 × 3.5 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.253

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

The Art of the Great Lakes Indians. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. Flint, MI, 1973, no. 77. Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, cat. no. 159.

Cree, Native American, Pipe Bowl, ca. 1860, black stone, lead and catlinite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.253.