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This pipestone pipe fragment was recovered from an archeological salvage project in 1994 at the Living the Dream site by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew. The soft fine-grained material of pipestone enabled the pipe's maker to carve it into its 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. The site, in Cowley County, was a Great Bend aspect village that had been severely impacted by modern activities. The people that inhabited Great Bend aspect sites are ancestral to the Wichita and affiliated tribes.
Date: 1400-1725 CE
Item Number: 506479
Call Number: 14CO382-430-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 506479
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Smoking
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 - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wichita
Places - Counties - Cowley
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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