Indian Grey Pipe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: Gray stone elbow pipe with flaring bowl; ornamental crest on shank near stem end has 6 heart-shaped apertures outlined in black, red and yellow; yellow and black are used as ornamentation in the decorative lines on the pipe shank. This pipe appears in the lower right in old Smithsonian Photographic Services/SPS negative number 1100. Though the original negative cannot be located, a copy negative was produced from an existing print in 1978 and assigned negative # 78-7939. When pipe E5393 is examined in the old photo, it is apparent from the damage visible on the crest, including a missing piece, that conservation or restoration work has subsequently been done on this pipe, though no records of this work have been located in the Anthropology Conservation Lab. Also visible in old photo # 1100, though either faded or obscured now on the pipe itself, is writing inked on the side of the pipe shank and bowl. Written on the pipe shank can be read "Made by the son of Black Hawk, prisoner at Jefferson Barracks." Written on the pipe bowl, though harder to read, appears to be "Missouri R.; J. Varden from W. C. Thompson." Records do indicate that after the so-called Black Hawk War of 1832, Black Hawk and two of his sons, along with some others, were imprisoned at Jefferson Barracks in Lemay, Missouri, near St. Louis, from 1832 - 1833. Their visitors included author Washington Irving and George Catlin. After seven months in captivity at Jefferson Barracks, Black Hawk and five others were sent east in April 1833. Their first major stop was Washington, D.C.. In Washington, they met with President Andrew Jackson and Secretary of War Lewis Cass.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lemay (not certain), Missouri River (not certain) / St. Louis County (not certain), Missouri (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Indian (?)
label: Culture
content: Sauk (Sac, Thakiwaki) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5393-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe