Pipe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Dec 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: William R. Anderson Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: SMOOTH, UNDECORATED, MOTTLED GRAY STONE PIPE. STEM TAPERING TOWARDS THE MOUTH. SLIGHTLY FLARING BOWL EXTENDING FROM STEM AT ANGLE OF ABOUT 125 DEGREES.A METAL BAND OR FERRULE (1.8 CM. LONG) SURROUNDS THE STEM NEAR THE MIDPOINT, POSSIBLY ADDED AS A REPAIR. ACCORDING TO FAMILY TRADITION, THIS PIPE BELONGED TO NINIGRET (DIED 1690'S), A NIANTIC CHIEF AND SON-IN-LAW OF KING PHILIP (OR METACOM) A CHIEF OF THE POKANOKET WHO DIED IN 1676. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS PROVIDED BY THE DONOR, THE PIPE ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO KING PHILIP AND WAS PASSED DOWN THROUGH NINIGRET, AND THEN THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS (SEE ACCESSION FILE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Rhode Island, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Niantic (Nehantic)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390869
label: USNM Number
content: E425723-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11.6 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm