Catlinite Pipe and Quilled Wooden Stem
Catlinite Pipe and Quilled Wooden Stem
Place of OriginNorth America
Datemid 18th century
Dimensions45 3/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (115.3 × 6.7 × 2.9 cm)
MediumCatlinite (stone), wood, porcupine quills, natural dyes, metal wire
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2023.363A-B
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionThe object is composed of an openwork, tubular wood stem, bound together with fine wire, and braided and plain quillwork, in orange, ivory, black and green; together with an elbow shaped catliniate pipe bowl.
Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.
late 18th century
mid 18th century
late 18th century
mid 18th century
mid 18th century
mid 18th century
late 18th century
late 18th century
late 18th century
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