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This pipe was recovered from the Sharps Creek site, a Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita) village site in McPherson County, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993. The soft fine grained material of pipestone enabled the pipe's maker to carve it into its elbow-like shape. The manner in which this pipe broke enables us to see the parallel scars on the interior, which were made during its production. Additionally, the black residue visible is likely dottle (tobacco remnants). Pipes were used during trade negotiations and to mark special occasions. In Kansas, these pipes generally were made by American Indians between 1350 to 1850 CE.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 440027
Call Number: 14MP408-E.207 Feature 25
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440027
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Smoking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Pipe
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Sharps Creek
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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