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Fig. 170. 



STEATITE PIPE. 



Boono County, Missoui'i. 



Cat. No. 62031, U.S.N. M. Collected by Charles J. Turn 



Somewhat similar in outline, though with the position of the bowl 

 reversed, is fig. 170, a pipe of steatite from Boone County, Missouri, 

 collected by Mr. Charles J. Turner. It appears to be made in imitation 

 of a duck's head ; the eyes are represented by shallow depressions on 

 each side, the mouth being incised and following in a graceful curve 

 the contour of the outline of the specimen. The slight exterior enlarge- 

 ment of the end of 

 what appears to be 

 intended as the stem 

 would indicate that 

 those who made this 

 pipe were familiar 

 with pipes of some 

 plastic material. 



In addition to the 

 clay pipe with a dou- 

 ble stem from Mis- 

 sissippi herein re- 

 ferred to, there are in the U. S. National Museum two pipes made of 

 stone which have both stem and bowl duplicated. Fig. 171 is a pipe of 

 this character. It is made of a gray chlorite and was found in Khea 

 County, Tennessee, by Mr. A. M. Eickley. In its greatest length it 

 measures 4.J inches, with a thickness of 1^ inches. Through this stone 

 a hole has been drilled from side to side. There are separate bowls and 

 separate stems on the opx)Osite sides of this discoidal implement. The 



bowls appear to have first been 

 pecked into shape and subsequently 

 reamed out about one- fourth of 

 their depth, whereas the stem 

 holes yet show distinctly the stria? 

 of the solid drill with which they 

 were made. 



Another of these double pipes 

 (fig. 172) is from Columbia, South 

 Carolina, collected by Mr. A. E. Crit- 

 tenden. It is made of a compact 

 black slate, which has a much more 

 modern appearance than the pre- 

 ceding pipe; besides this, the bowls 

 are one above the other, and to 

 smoke both at the same time could only be done by turning them on 

 the side, and even in that position it would be diflBcult of accomplish- 

 ment. The two heads of what appears to be a duck both point in the 

 same direction and each have mouths and eyes represented, tliough, as 

 so often observed in such cases, the creature is somewhat difficult to 

 recognize. On the opposite side of this pipe to that shown there is in 



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Fisr. 171. 



BRIDEGROOM PIPE. 



Rhea County, Tennessee. 



Cat. No. 172316, U.S.N.M. Collected by A. M. Kickley. 



