smoking-pipe
- Museum number
- Am,S.228
- Description
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Zoomorphic, effigy smoking pipe carved into the form of a bird (raptor?), made from a light coloured pipe stone, though darkened perhaps through proximity with cremation surface. The bird's legs are formed in relief against the column positioned to contain the bowl. The wings are set in relief against the body and the feathering and facial features are picked out with light incisions. The tail feathers are absent.
- Production date
- 200bc-400
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.25 centimetres
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Width: 9 centimetres
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Depth: 2.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Small diamond shaped label, that usually bears Squier and Davis' collection number, is attached but not legible.
- Location
- On display (G26/dc17)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1999 25 Jun-Present, BM Room 26; Gallery of North America, Case: "The First Americans / Hopewell Pipes from Mound City, Ohio"
1977 15 Dec-1978 30 Oct, Museum of Mankind, Room 9; Smoking Pipes of the North American Indian
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am,S.228
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1931E1.228 (old CDMS no.)