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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Cherokee
Title:Tobacco pipe bowl
Date Made:19th century
Type:Personal Gear
Materials:Steatite (soapstone)
Place Made:North America; United States; South Carolina
Measurements:overall: 2 in x 18 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 46.355 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.C.1.4
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: A modern Cherokee totem pipe. Bowl of dark clay with a sitting dog on the stem just back of the bowl. Main stem of wood. Cat. 1933.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

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