Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Erwin Graham Ward (1849-1920, a collector of coins, stamps, and Indian artifacts); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1922.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Middle Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Erwin G. Ward (Erwin Graham Ward/E. G. Ward), Non-Indian, 1849-1920
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 700 (Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
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