Record 35/204 |
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Description
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| Rectangular stem made from one piece of wood; rectangular cross section at mouthpiece (1.4 cm high, 2.3 cm wide); nearly square with rounded corners cross section at bowl-end (1.9 cm high, 2.1 cm wide); flat edges. Overall file burn marks. Two areas (amorphous bands) of greenish stains encircle the stem on either side of the middle of the stem; unknown if from lost ornamentation, use or post-use. One face is decorated with 5 low dome brass tacks near both ends; other face is decorated with 3 low dome brass tacks near both ends. The end with the mouthpiece has cut-off corners that continue in a curve then straighten out to form a flattened cylinder (1 cm long, 1 cm wide and 7 mm high.) The bowl-end is cut straight with a cylinder (2.5 cm long, 8 mm diameter) extending from the center. The black steatite pipe-head is elbow shaped with a nearly square with rounded corners cross section and a flat bottom. The slightly conical bowl is decorated with lead and red pipestone inlay starting just below the rim, most of the steatite rim cap (less than 1 mm thick) is broken and missing. The lead inlay encircling band is up to 1.4 cm wide, the top is a straight edge and the bottom is a squatted pattern; there are 6 red pipestone geometric inlays within the band. The stem-end is capped with a band of encircling lead, 1.6 cm wide, that continues with 3 lead triangles (one on each face except for the bottom) each inlaid with a red pipestone arrowhead. Object Late Date is the year of the Fred McKay loan to the museum, circa 1925. Original catalog card: Locality = Rosebud Reservation, North Dakota, Sioux. "A rather modern pipe." |
Pipe, T-shaped
-The Oshkosh Public Museum Pipe Collection
-Copyright Oshkosh Public Museum
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| One face of stem |
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