Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles F. Schwing (1875-1950, a noted artifact collector from Greenville, South Carolina); purchased by MAI from Charles Schwing in 1932 using funds donated by MAI trustee Frederick K. Seward (1878-1943).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Northeast (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Charles F. Schwing (C. F. Schwing), Non-Indian, 1875-1950
- Seller
- Charles F. Schwing (C. F. Schwing), Non-Indian, 1875-1950
- Presenter/funding source
- Frederick K. Seward (Frederick Kimber Seward), Non-Indian, 1878-1943
- Date created
- probably AD 1500–1700
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
