AMERICAN AUOKIGINAL PIPES AND SMOKING CUSTOMS. 521 



Fig. 134. 

 MOUND BIUD PIPE. 

 Mound City, Oliio. 



Cast, Cat. No. 723'.', U.S.N. M. Collected liy Squie 



instance what is thought to resemble a grouudhog may, with equal 

 reason, be said to be a ground squirrel. ^V fox can not be distinguished 

 from a wolf; and many animals represented upon i>ipes of thi.s tyi)e 

 have been declared by naturalists 

 to resemble no well-detined genus 

 with which they were acquainted. 



The original of a light gray cast in 

 the U. S. National Museum (fig. l.">3) 

 is of the mound type, and was also 

 found in Mound IS^o. 8. It is 3^ 

 inches long and 2{; inches high, with 

 eyes carved in relief, the nostrils 

 (juite distinct, and the mouth rei)re- 

 sented by a long incised line. The 

 curves back of the head may be in- 

 tended to represent either ears or 

 horns. This figure has been referred to as "a spirited head of the elk, 

 though not minutely accurate."' Justice requires that we should say 

 that tbis head resembles as much a sheep or horse as it does that of an 

 elk or any of the deer family. 



Dr. E. A. Barber has illustrated a somewhat simi- 

 lar pipe from Prairie du Chieu, Wisconsin, which 

 he suggests may possibly represent the mountain 

 sheep or goat. In this case the animal faces from 

 the smokei'. This pipe is now in the Douglass col- 

 lection,- and has had the front part of the stem 

 broken. An inspection of the original suggests that 

 the supposed horns are more likely intended for 

 ears. Hon. Horace Beach, who collected the pipe, 

 termed it "the dog j)ipe." 



Fig. 134 is another of the Mound No. 8 specimens 

 from INIound City, Ohio, and is 4^ inches long with 

 height of 2 inches. The bird is evidently feeding, 

 though it is impossible to say whether it is an eagle 

 or crow. The feathers are carefully carved on the 

 tail, wings, and body, and while it can not be said 

 that the work could not be done with a stone point, 

 it looks as though the tool used was a metal one. 



The cast of an unusual i)ipe from a mound near 

 Naples, Illinois, in Scott County, is shown in fig. 

 135, collected by Judge John G. Henderson, of 

 Winchester, Illinois. According to Dr. Charles Kau, "it is the finest 

 mound pipe thus far known." It doubtless represents a hawk or 



Fig. 135. 

 MOUND EAGLE PIPE. 



Jsaples, Illinois. 



Cast, Cat. No. 31478, U.S.N. M. 

 Collected by J. G. Henderson. 



' Ancient Moiiniiieiits of tlic ISIississi])}»i Valley, p. 257. 

 ■^Americau Naturalist, XVI, p. 279, tig. 19. 



