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This pipestone pipe was found in northern Cloud County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1882. The pipe has a bulbous bowl with a carved band on the rim. Traces of dottle (tobacco residue) remain in the interior of the pipe. The soft, fine grain material of pipestone enabled the pipe's maker to carve it into its rectangular shape. The pipe's upturned base is flat, allowing it to stably rest. Above where the pipe stem was inserted is a small upright fragment, all that remains of some type of further decoration to the pipe. 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: 1350-1850 CE
Item Number: 442677
Call Number: 82.28 Bishop donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442677
Collections - Archeology
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
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Cloud
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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