Record 13/43 Catalog Record Owners/Cultural Affiliation Exhibit Page Home Search Image 3 of 8 Description  Rectangular stem made from one piece of wood, rectangular cross section; the mouthpiece end is 4 mm narrower than the bowl-end. Smoothed (most fabricating abrasions are obliterated) and polished, natural finish. There are possible finger holds, two irregular gouged areas on either side of the stem 4.5 to 5 cm from the mouthpiece, the interiors are not smoothed but both appear to be original as they are the same color as the rest of the stem and the smoothed stem surface continues to and just over the gouged areas edges. The mouthpiece and bowl-end extend from the center of either ends of the stem. The mouthpiece, a flattened tapered cylinder 2 cm long, is nearly the same height as the stem and 8 mm narrower. The end of the mouthpiece has rounded edges, a glossy polish, and is stained darker, the very ends are black. The mouthpiece and stem end are whittled/cut, the stem ends are beveled. The bowl-end, a cylinder 3.5 cm long, is nearly the same height as the stem and 1.2 cm narrower. More than half the length of the bowl-end is wrapped with a purple woven textile over which is applied a layer of resin which has been concentrated toward the stem from use (placing the pipe-head onto the stem-end). The end of the stem-end is stained black and has accreted black resins. The pipe-head is brown-red pipestone with several circular light speckles on one face, bottom, and bowl; elbow shaped, smoothed and polished, with a cylindrical bowl. The bowl rim and interior have accreted black resins. The round shank continues in front of the bowl in a faceted prow with flat top and bottom, all edges are rounded. Object Late Date is the year of the Fred McKay loan to the museum, circa 1925. Original catalog card: Locality = Menominee Indian Reservation, received from Big Jim, a big Indian. "Just a plain cut pipe with a rather square stem. Highly polished bowl."

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