Pipe Item Number: 3239/10 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
White ceramic pipe bowl (part a) with a partly handmade wooden stem (part b). Outside of bowl is oblong and upright, painted on front with a green and brown scene of a buck walking through a forest. The bowl sits inside one arm of the ceramic double shank, with the thin wooden stem emerging from the other. Bit and lip appear to be made from a plastic-like material (possibly added later). A thin tie of twisted wool in green and tan is attached where bowl meets shank.
Narrative
Sandra Dent's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. Her grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Kainai objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239. The pipe was included, however it is uncertain if it was owned by the grandfather, or if it was a trade item collected from someone on the reserve?
Item History
- Made in Europe ? before 1910
- Collected in Cardston, Alberta, Canada
- Owned by Hattie May Gale before 1968
- Owned by Sandra Dent before May 2, 2017
- Received from Sandra Dent (Donor) on May 2, 2017
What
- Name
- Pipe
- Identification Number
- 3239/10 a-b
- Type of Item
- pipe
- Material
- clay, wood, plastic ? and wool fibre
- Part A
- height 12.5 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm
- Part B
- height 18.5 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 1.5 cm
- Overall
- height 32.0 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kainai ? or Canadian ?
- Previous Owner
- Hattie May Gale and Sandra Dent
- Received from
- Sandra Dent (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Europe ?
- Collected in
- Cardston, Alberta, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1968 and before May 2, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on May 2, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3239/0010 a-b