About the Artwork
Pipe Bowl
18th century
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Native american
Chippewa
Stone
Overall: 2 5/8 × 4 × 1 inches (6.7 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)
Stone and Stonecarving
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase
81.28
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
possibly c. 1900 found on a farm north of Goodrich, Michigan, USA
by 1927, by descent to daughter of man who found it (Goodrich, Michigan, USA). (Lynn Munger, dealer, Fremont, Indiana, USA)
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)
1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chippewa, Native American, Pipe Bowl, 18th century, stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.28.
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