AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PIPES AND SMOKING CUSTOMS. 473 



Fig. 97. 

 POTTERY MONITOR PIPE. 



Fort "Wayne, Michigan. 



Cat. No. 100.M, U.S.N.M. Collected by J. D. Irwin, V. S. A. 



witli flat base and in the piqjcction in front of the bowl. Just below 

 • the lini is a depression encircling" the bowl as though caused by a cord 

 tied around it while in a plastic condition prior to burniug-, 



A light gray serpentine pipe (tig. 98), collected from Uoss County, 

 Ohio, by Mr. H. L. Keynolds, 

 is somewhat of the same type 

 as the preceding, though tlieie 

 is a notable difference in the 

 size of the stem hole, which is 

 here five-eighths of an inch in 

 diameter in place of one eighth 

 of an inch, as is usual in pipes 

 of the monitor type. It should 

 be stated that in referring to 

 the material from Avhich pipes 

 are made the writer has in most 

 cases been obliged to form his 

 opinion from surface indica- 

 tions, as specimens would be 

 injured by a chemical or micro- 

 scopic examination, the results of which at best could make little dif- 

 ference. While the majority of pipes are made of materials well calcu- 

 lated to resist heat, many are composed of stones easily decomposed 



and very unsuited to last any length of 

 time if used in smoking. 



A broken-stemmed pipe (fig. 99), of 

 oolitic limestone, with its flaring rim, the 

 shape of its stem and slight prow and 

 sides extending beyond the base of the 

 bowl, appears to connect the two last 

 figures with pipes of the " monitor '' type. 

 There are no marks of metal tools on this 

 pipe, which is a well-worn specimen, the 

 bowl at one point, just below the rim, be- 

 ing worn through. A pottery pipe similar 

 to this specimen was found in a stone grave 

 in Kentucky. It should be observed that 

 the three pipes last figured are from geo- 

 graphical areas outside of the territory 

 where the monitor pipes are usually found, 

 and their resemblance to the latter form may be due to accident. 

 The country adjoining the lakes was more influenced by French than 

 by English arts, and it may also be said that trade routes differed 

 as well. 



One of the most striking things concerning the monitor ])ipes, with 

 their alate wings and projecting prow, is the high state of polish to 



Fig. 98. 



TYPE OF MONITOR PIPE. 



Ros.s County, Ohio. 



Cat. No. 134T23, U.S.N.M. Collected by 

 H. L. Reynolds. 



