To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
These two small pipestone pipe fragments were recovered from the Majors site in Rice County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1982. The soft fine grained material of the pipestone enabled the pipe's makers to carve, decorate, and polish them. The pipe fragment on the left was made of Kansas pipestone, while the fragment on the right was made of Minnesota pipestone. The Majors site was a Great Bend aspect, Little River focus (ancestral Wichita)occupation site that was occupied during the late 17th century, based on southwestern pottery styles.
Date: 1650-1700 CE
Item Number: 447946
Call Number: 14RC2 1982.H.271 & .272 Parish donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447946
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
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
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone - Kansas Pipestone
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
Places - Counties - Rice
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/447946