AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PIPES ANT) SMOKING CUSTOMS. 019 



the curved bowl, making' a graceful whole. The bowls of pipes of this 



type vary from tliree-fourths of au iuch to au inch in interior diameter, 



while the stem hole is ordinarily about three-eighths of au inch. 

 A pottery pipe from Nacooche, Georgia, collected by ivir. J. H. Nich- 

 ols (fig. 237), is ornamented with cross fur- 

 rows, leaving the whole surface of the bowl 

 covere<l Avith low, rectangular pyramids, the 

 short stem being' left perfectly i)lain, whereas 

 the band on the stem is higher than is com- 

 monly the case, being" shouldered on the inner 

 side and rounded oft" to the stem opening, 

 its periphery being serrated. This serrated 

 stem band and the pyramidal ornaments 

 all appear to have been cut out of the pot- 

 tery subse(iuent 

 to its baking. 

 Upon the rim of 

 the bowl, with 

 its back to the 



smoker, there is perched, gracefully, a 



<lwarf-like bird form, the beak, eyes, ears, 



and tail of which are striking in their 



l)rominence; and while the resemblance 



in anatomical detail is but a caricature, 



one is forced almost to see an eftbrt to 



shape a likeness to the little screech owl 



of our woods. As a whole, this pipe must 



be considered as highly specialized and 



exhibiting artistic merit. 



Fig. 238 is a pipe 

 found in the inclosure 

 adjoining the Etowah 

 Mound, and is made 

 of a well burned dark 

 pottery. 



Fig. 230. 



SOUTHERN MOUND PIPE. 



Loudon County, Tennessee. 



Cat. Nu. 115958, U.S.N. M. r.ill.rled by 

 J. \V. Emuiert. 



Fig. 2:57. 

 SOUTHERN MOUND PIPE. 



Nacoot'be, Georgia. 



C»t. No. 31569, U.S.N.M. Collected by 

 J. }I. Nichols. 



It is a most graceful pipe, 



decorated with six leaves, three on 



either side of the bowl, connected at 



their base to a stem, and evidently 



representing the tobacco plant, the 



stem of the plant forming the mold 



nuirk, showing undoubted European 



manufacture. The general principle 



involved in the technique of this 



pipe may yet be distinctly traced in pipes still made in Marseilles, 



France, and in Guda, Holland, upon the bases of which the tobacco 



leaves and bird's beak are grouped. These pipes show such artistic 



Fi„' -J8 



MOUND TYPE OP MOLDED POTTERY PIPE. 



Etowah Mound, Georgia. 



Steiner colleclioii. Deposited i 



U. S. National Mu 



