Bowl of steatite mended and decorated with poured metal and brass wire; very worn. Made with poured metal reinforcement and decoration is 75+% lead, 1% tin, 1% cadmium and brass wire. (In the event this specimen is published with the analytical results, credit is to be given to Dr. Robert GIAUQUE of the Rad. Lab.)
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1903 and August 1901
Context of use:
Said to be a well-known peace pipe
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #79: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (March 18, 1965–August 6, 1965) and S1973-1974 #47: Lawrence Berkeley Lab/Fred Stross (January 16, 1974–January 30, 1974)