Pipe, Smoking

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Pipe, Smoking

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.121

Description

Property C12: Pipestone Beaver Pipe Object: ceremonial effigy pipe, Artist/Maker: Ohio Hopewell culture, Title/Model: Beaver Effigy Pipe, Date/Region: ca. 1900 / North Central Plains, Medium/Technique: Pipestone hand carved beaver pipe, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 2.15" H x 4.75" W x 1.75" D, Condition: good, fine chips on ears and base, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A hand carved and modeled beaver effigy platform pipe of pipestone is without stem. Beaver tail is incised and the platform is flat. At first glance, this appears to be earthenware, but it is actually a type of Ohio pipestone.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Ohio Hopewell
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pipe, Smoking

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018

Relationships

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Ohio