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Ceramic pipe bowl. Flared "ax head" shape, with feather-like incising both side
Ceramic pipe bowl. Flared "ax head" shape, with feather-like incising both side
Object Number 974-9-10/52169
Display Title Ceramic pipe bowl. Flared "ax head" shape, with feather-like incising both side
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic pipe bowl. Flared "ax head" shape, with feather-like incising both sides. Mottled grey and tan surface. 3.5" h. bowl 1.5" diam. Made by Doris Blue (Catawba) 1973.
Inventory Description Pipe bowl, axe head shape, firemarked
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date 1973
Artist Doris Blue
Culture
  • Catawba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Carolina
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 7 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 974-9-10/52169 / #65 / 8.00 / Doris Blue
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Columbia Museum of Art (1974)

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