Red Clay Pipe Stem;Bowl Fragments
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1942
name: label: Collector
content: Henri G. Omwake
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mary Wilson
notes: label: Notes
content: "THESE 3 PIECES DEMONSTRATE DIFFERENCES IN TEXTURE OF CLAY OF INDIAN PIPE. BIG PIECE'S CLAY IS LIGHTER IN COLOR AND LACKS THE TEMPERING OF GROUND GRANITE OR CRUSHED POTSHERDSWHICH IS PREVELENT IN THIS VICINITY. THE BROAD SHALLOW MARKINGS OF THE BOWL FRAG ARE TYPICAL OF THE IROQUOIS TYPEOF PIPE-COMMON 1630-1720 CALLED CORDED BOWL. IT IS AN "L" SHAPED PIPE WITH A SLIGHT LEAN AWAY FROM THE SMOKER TO THEBARREL AND THE ONLY ORNAMENTATION IS THE CORD MARKS WHICH RUN DOWN THE BOWL FROM THE RIM TO JUST ABOUT THE MIDDLE, WHERE IT TERMINATES-USUALLY WITH A LINE OF DOT'S AROUND THE BOWL. BELOW THIS ORNAMENTATION THE PIPE USUALLY MAKES A GRACEFUL CURVE INTO THE STEM. THE STEM FRAG IS WITHOUT A DOUBT OF INDIAN MANUFACTURE AS I EVIDENCED BY THE OFF- CENTER STEM HOLE. ANY MOULD-MADE PIPE OF THAT SIZE WOULD HAVE A STEM HOLE CLOSER TO THE CENTER. THERE ARE NO REED MARKINGS IN THE HOLE, BUT IT DOES SHOW THE HEAT COLORATION FROM A BURNED OUT STEM FILLER"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Worcester County, Maryland, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Colonial
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359782
label: USNM Number
content: A527540-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Unknown - Object
content: 2.4 cm