Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1917 by Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966, MAI staff member), probably during a visit to a construction site or city excavation.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian (archaeological)
- Collector
- Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Date created
- probably AD 1650–1800
- Object Name
- Pipestem part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Ball clay (kaolin)
- Techniques
- Mold-made
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
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