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Object ID 2592-125
Object Name Pipe, Elbow
Count 1
Description 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."
Material Stone
Date Pre 1941
Year range to 1941
Dimensions H-7.2 W-3.6 L-9.7 cm
Collecting location Black River Falls, WI/Jackson County, WI
Culture Winnebago
Collector Wittman, Carl
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