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These three elbow pipes were 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 two pipes on the left were broken after use as is evidenced by the dottle (tobacco residue) traces left on the interior of the pipes. The soft fine grained material of pipestone enabled the pipe's maker to carve them into their elbow-like shape. Pipes were used during trade negotiations and to mark special occasions. In Kansas, these pipes are generally made by American Indians between 1650 to 1850.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 440034
Call Number: 14MP408-E.7 Feature 95; 14MP408-S.60; 14MP408-S.479
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440034
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 - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
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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