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| Stem is a birch or chokecherry sapling with bark intact and an applied lacquer; both ends are whittled, mouthpiece is spatulate like and other end is a tapered cylinder with dark staining. Red pipestone pipe-head, one side is mottled; slightly conical bowl; base of bowl at juncture with stem is sharp right-angle; stem has round cross section; stem-end has a raised collar; bowl lip has black accretions; bowl interior has an accreted layer nearly 1 mm thick, partly broken away. From the Arthur P. Kannenberg collection. He recorded the following in his catalog: "A diminutive Siouan pipe which was the property of Mrs. Louise Dutchman (Mrs. Charlie Dutchman), an old lady, a full blooded Menominee Indian who lives in a small, one roomed log cabin 3 miles north-west of Neopit, Menominee Indian Reservation. She is a very near and dear friend of mine. She is about 78 years old (in) 1936. (Received from) Mrs. Charlie Dutchman." Original catalog card written by Kannenberg for L300-97 (7036APK) includes: "This is a treasured specimen as it comes from a very dear old friend. Mrs. Dutchman used to smoke this pipe during ceremonies among the pagan Indians in the Zoar Settlement near Neopit, WI. It must have been a cherished keepsake with her. She seemed to be very happy to give it to me as a true friend." Louise Dutchman (1854-1941): 1920 census records: Dutchman, Louise; wife (of Dutchman, Charles); age 66; can not read or write; speaks English. Step-son, 40 years old, John Tomah (or Tamah?). Son was Jack Fish. (Oral History, OH2005.1) Menominee Indian Medicine Woman. Louise Dutchman, aka Mrs. Charlie Dutchman, gathered herbs to heal the sick; Charlie Dutchman was the Medicine Man of the Thunderbirds. (Overton, Mary Jane. "Reminiscences of Menominee and Winnebago visits during the 1930s" . Fox Valley Archeolgy, Number 26, April 1997.) Year of birth, 1854, based upon 1920 census. Year of death, 1941, based upon Kannenberg's entry in his catalog (8847), "She was 89 years old in 1941 when she died." See Phebe Jewll Nichols, "Weavers of Grasses - Indian Women of the Woodlands" in Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 36, No. 2, Winter 1952-1953, pp 130-133 regarding "Grandma Dutchman", her cabin, her weaving, etc. and the fire tower referred to as "Dutchman's tower". |
Pipe, Elbow
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