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Description
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| Broad, flat stem made from one piece of wood; slight diamond cross section. Surface is smoothed but not decorated. Stem width varies from 3.5 cm at mouthpiece to 5 cm at bowl-end. Both ends of stems are cut square with corners cut off at right angles. The mouthpiece has no other modification except for the small (0.3 cm diameter) smoke hole that is off-center. The bowl-end has a slightly tapered cylinder that extends from the cut end and is almost the same height as the stem; the smoke hole is almost 0.4 cm in diameter and slightly off-center. Stem has bands of uneven coloring starting at midpoint and continuing toward mouthpiece possibly from lost ornamentation. Stem is warped (bowed) longitudinally. The dark red pipestone pipe-head is T-shaped, smoothed and polished, with a conical bowl, round shank with flat bottom. The shank continues in front of the bowl as a tapered prow. The stem-end has a broad lead band (approximately 1 cm wide) which is connected to two inlaid narrower bands (approximately 0.3 cm wide) approximately 0.3 cm apart. The base of the bowl and shank is broken and replaced with lead and the cracks are repaired with 11 inlaid lead plugs, most are circular, one is an irregular diamond shape. Originally a 1922 loan from Ernest C. Church of Allenville, WI. Original loan records includes "Chief Oshkosh calumet". Original loan book entry includes "Catlinite calumet or Pipe of Peace which was the personal property of Chief Oshkosh." Original catalog card includes "This pipe has a long history. We will just quote how it came into the Church family. The elder Mr. Church was the last clerk in the Grignon and Porlier Trading Post. He received this pipe and other very valuable relics from Mr. Louis Porlier, the very last owner. He outlived Mr. Grignon. Chief Oshkosh gave this pipe to Mr. Porlier on a visit to the trading post before going to the Reservation in Shawano County in the 1850s." Original catalog card includes "The pipe of Chief Oshkosh. Used by him after the tribe had established their camp on the shores of Lake Poygan in 1838. It was given by him to one of the clerks of the Grignon and Porlier Trading Post." |
Pipe, Calumet
-The Oshkosh Public Museum Pipe Collection
-Copyright Oshkosh Public Museum
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