Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0009-0055A,B | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Pipe (2 pieces) | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains or Woodland Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains or Woodland area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Stone: catlinite (aka pipestone) | |
| Description | Stone rendition of a metal trade tomahawk-pipe; May have been used as a ceremonial war calumet; "Blade" is decorated with a shallow relief floral design of one large flower with two leaves surrounded by curvilinear shapes; The distal end of the bowl-base is a stepped pyramid; Bowl is cylindrical with three etched bands; Shaft carving is, from insertion end to tip, an octagonal abutted by a carved hourglass; A squared-off, multifaceted flaring; A long octagonal cylinder; And a scalloped rectangular with a small wooden mouthpiece. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.8, Depth = 2.2, Length = 39.0 | |