Effigy Pipe
97-563-6565
From: North America | United States of America | Alabama
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-6565 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | North America | United States of America | Alabama |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Iconography | Animal Head |
| Description | A sandstone pipe, carved with the head of an animal on the outer side of the bowl. A leg and paw are carved on one side. The rim of the bowl is rounded, with a 0.8cm-wide lip around the edge. The numbers 729, 19185, and L-563-6565 are written on the underside of the pipe. Typed on the catalogue card "resembles forgery." |
| Height | 8.2 cm |
| Length | 9.5 cm |
| Width | 5.3 cm |
| Thickness | 8.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-6565 - Old Museum Number | 19185 - ANSP Number | I 729 - Gottschall Number |
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