Pipe bowl
date: label: Date created
content: 200 BC–AD 500 (Middle Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Hopewell (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: C. L. Obst, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: C. L. Obst, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Robert Day, Non-Indian, 1836-1914
label: Auction venue
content: Gurr, Johns & Co. Ltd.
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of C.L. Obst; given by C.L. Obst to Robert Day (1836-1914, an Irish collector of antiquities) at an unknown date; purchased by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") at an auction of Robert Day's collection held by Gurr, Johns & Co. Ltd. in Cork, Ireland, in 1915; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1916.
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place: label: Place
content: West Virginia; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hopewell (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Pipes and Smoking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/4850
label: Barcode
content: 044850.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe bowl
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled