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Object ID L268-6
Object Name Pipe, Disc
Count 1
Description Broken disc? pipe. Approximately half of the bowl remaining; broken disc(?) has rounded or cut edges; top of stem shank broken away, finished stem end. Lime/calcium(?) accretions.

From the Benedict Collection acquired by Charles Koehn.

Excerpt from the Koehn catalog includes: "A red pipestone Effigy Pipe. This was found at Eureka, Wisc. It must have been in the shape of an L(?) Effigy. History unknown. Benedict Collection."

Original catalog card: "Broken Catlinite Disk Pipe. Locality: Eureka, Winnebago, Co. Received from E. Benedict - C. Koehn Coll. The disk on this pipe would have been 5 1/4 inches in circumference. It was a surface fine in a plowed field."
Material Stone
Dimensions H-3.4 W-2.9 L-6.6 cm
Collecting location Eureka, WI
Collector Benedict/Koehn
Other # Koehn 7B
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