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Pipe fragments

Object Details

Collection History
Collected or excavated in 1918 by members of an excavation team led by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
probably Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Expedition leader
Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
Expedition sponsor
Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
Date created
AD 900–1650 (Late Woodland period)
Object Name
Pipe fragments
Media/Materials
Pottery
Techniques
Modeled, incised
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
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