Object ID	1-21-T1
Object Name	Pipe, Effigy
Count	1
Description	Green steatite. Curved base platform pipe. Otter head? Turtle head? Cracked along natural inclusion(?), area of loss on underside of head. Original catalog card includes: "This interesting specimen was found a few miles from Pickett station, and is one of the few curved-base mound pipes in effigy form as yet found in Wisconsin." See "Town of Utica has rich history" in Winnebagoland Genealogical Society "Winnebagoland Roots", Vol. 20, No. 4, December 2006: "Since that time the village was known as Welaunee (the name of Pickett's farm,) Pickett Station (when Pickett's store was used as a station for the Underground Railroad) and finally Pickett." The primary source for this article was "History of Winnebago County" by Richard Harney, Oshkosh, 1880. Originally numbered 1-44; early museum inventory includes provenience: "Found on Mr. Kirs farm, Rush Lake, WI by Mr. Kirs".
Material	Stone
Date	200 BC-500 AD
Dimensions	H-3.6 W-2.7 L-6.5 cm
Collecting location	Kirs farm/Rush Lake, WI
Culture	Middle Woodland Hopewell
Collector	Pickett, James G.
Other #	1-44
Related Publications	Oshkosh Public Museum Newsletter, Winter 2006. George A. West. "The Aboriginal Pipes of Wisconsin". Wisconsin Archeologist, Vol 4, Nos. 3 and 4, April-August 1905 (Fig. 112). George A. West. "Tobacco, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Indians". Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee, Vol 17, June 11, 1934 (Plate 47, Fig. 4).

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