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Indian Head Pipe
Earl Robbins (1923 – 2010)
Native American, Catawba
about 1997
Place of Creation: South Carolina, United States
Medium/Technique
Clay
Dimensions
Length x width: 14.6 × 7.6 × 4.1 cm (5 3/4 × 3 × 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the John Axelrod Collection, Gift of Bloomingdale's, H.E. Bolles Fund, Gift of Mrs F.O. North in memory of Thomas L. Sprague, Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, and Gift of S. Richard Fuller in memory of his wife, Luce Derby Fuller
Accession Number2021.792
DescriptionA mold made pipe in the shape of an Indian head (most likely chief hagler) with an arowhead form below. Incised on the surface with plant forms. Most likely pit fired as evident by the smoke clouds on the surface
Signed
Signed inside the bowl of the pipe with "ER 1997"
Marks
incised lines of plant forms on surface
Provenance1997, sold by the artist to Arthur Greenberg Rye, NH; 2021, sold by Greenberg to the MFA. (Accession date: December 15, 2021)