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Brown-red pipestone. Conical bowl; round cross section shank with flat top; scalloped crest with straigtht ends and rectangular cross section on top of shank at stem-end; crest has 2 scallops creating 3 points, each point accented on both sides with a non-penetrating hole; 3 mm perforation in crest near stem-end. Possibly Ojibwa/Chippewa, 1750-1850, see Becker, Marshall. "A Crested Blackstone Pipe from Bucks County, Pennsylvania". Pennsylvania Archaeologist, Vol 55, No 3, 1985. Possibly early Ojibwa, see Killy, Monroe P. "American Aboriginal Pipes". The Minnesota Archaeologist, Vol 1, No 7, 1935.
Pipe, Elbow -Owners and Cultural Affiliation -Copyright Oshkosh Public Museum
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Smoking view

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