Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ernest G. Tabor (of Auburn, New York); donated to MAI by Ernest Tabor in 1923; removed from the MAI collection and exchanged by MAI to Dr. Edgar Burke (1889-1950, a physician and hospital director in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1949); donated to MAI by Dr. Burke's sisters, Alicita Burke Lee (Mrs. Frederick S. Lee, 1903-1992) and Minnie Burke Schwab (Mrs. Robert H. Schwab, 1891-1970) in 1951.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Middle Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Ernest G. Tabor, Non-Indian, ca. 1865-1954
- Donor
- Ernest G. Tabor, Non-Indian, ca. 1865-1954
- Previous owner
- Dr. Edgar Burke, Non-Indian, 1889-1950
- Donor
- Alicita B. Lee (Mrs. Frederick S. Lee/Mrs. F. S. Lee), Non-Indian, 1903-1992
- Minnie M. Schwab (Mathilde "Tilita" Burke Bradbury Schwab/Mrs. Robert H. Schwab), Non-Indian, 1891-1970
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 900 (Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
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