Record 2/130 Catalog Record The Collectors Exhibit Page Home Search Image 4 of 6 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".

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