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Pipe fragment

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1864; acquired by Dr. George Jackson Fisher (1825-1893, an obstetrician and collector in Ossining, New York) at an unknown date; acquired by the Union Free School, District One, Ossining, New York, in 1894; donated to MAI by the Union Free School in 1960.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
possibly Middle Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Previous owner
Dr. George Jackson Fisher (Dr. G. J. Fisher), Non-Indian, 1825-1893
Union Free School, District One
Donor
Union Free School, District One
Date created
100 BC–AD 600 (Middle Woodland period)
Object Name
Pipe fragment
Media/Materials
Steatite/soapstone
Techniques
Ground, drilled
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
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