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Object ID 800-80
Object Name Pipe, Effigy
Count 1
Description Grey-black steatite. Elbow; bowl is a representation of a duck; stem end is grooved on both sides. Broken and reconstructed with a tan grout/plaster, glue and wooden dowel.

Original catalog card: "Siouan Calumet Pipe. Locality: Mecan Township, Marquette County. Received from S. D. Mitchell Collection. Drab steatite." And citation from West.
Material Stone
Dimensions H-6.3 W-3 L-9.1 cm
Collecting location Mecan Township, WI/Marquette County, WI
Collector Mitchell, Stephen D.
Related Publications George A. West. "The Aboriginal Pipes of Wisconsin". Wisconsin Archeologist, Vol 4, Nos. 3 and 4, April-August 1905 (p. 88).
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