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Object ID 2592-133
Object Name Pipe, Disc
Count 1
Description Fraud? Red pipestone. Asymetrical disk, bowl hole off center; tapered shank has square cross section, hole in one end. Non-uniform sooting on all exterior surfaces.

Original catalog card: "Catlinite Disc Pipe. Evidentially Winnebago. Handleless. Locality: Pierce County, Wis. Received from Carl Wittman Collection, Merrill, Wis. Date: Feb 22, 1941. This is an exceptionally fine Disc Pipe and was unquestionable of Winnebago Indian make. The disc pipes were uncommon (?common) among them."
Material Stone
Date Pre 1941
Year range to 1941
Dimensions H-4 W-6.7 L-7.1 cm
Collecting location Pierce County, WI
Collector Wittman, Carl
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