Frog 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: Collected or excavated at an unknown date by A.B. Morgan (possibly Abram Morgan, ca. 1831-1880, a wagon maker in Pearl, Illinois); acquired at an unknown date by Robert Day (1836-1914, an Irish collector of antiquities); 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Bee Creek, Illinois River; Pike County; Illinois; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hopewell (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Pipes and Smoking
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/4851
label: Barcode
content: 044851.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Frog pipe bowl
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled
label: Dimensions
content: 10 x 2.5 x 5.5 cm