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Fraud? Red pipestone pipe-head. With crest. Sooted at bowl lip and bowl exterior, stem-end but apparently not smoked. Original catalog card: "Siouan Calumet with Wing. Locality: Winnebago Reservation at Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wis. Received from Carl Wittman Collection, Merrill, Wis. Date: Feb 22, 1941. Catlinite. Mr. Wittman received this pipe from an old Winnebago squaw at a ceremonial near Black River Falls in Jackson Co. Wis. It is of fine workmanship."
Pipe, Elbow -Owners and Cultural Affiliation -Copyright Oshkosh Public Museum
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Smoking view

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