Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the "Montgomery collection"; acquired by Samuel P. Adams (1869-1933, an Ohio relic collector) at an unknown date; acquired in 1912 by Albert L. Addis (1878-1951, a noted Indiana collector of archaeological objects) through an unnamed dealer in St. Louis; purchased by George Heye from Albert Addis in 1915.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Middle Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- (unknown first name) Montgomery, Non-Indian
- Samuel P. Adams, Sr. (Samuel Preston Adams), Non-Indian, 1869-1933
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Seller
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Date created
- 100 BC–AD 600 (Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl representing a duck or goose
- Media/Materials
- Flint clay/Kaolin rock/pipestone
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, drilled
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 6 x 4 cm
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
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