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have been found in New York, still others have been found through 

 Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas. Others have been found 

 elsewhere, but only occasionally. 



These effigy pipes of the iroquois in some ways remind one of 

 the Cherokee p : pes which have the effigy standing on the front part 

 of the stem. In the Iroquois pipe, however, the stem has been 

 abandoned and the effigy has either sprung upon or grasped the 

 bowl or made it a part of itself. It is not difficult to conceive that 

 this type might have been derived from either the Cherokee or 

 mound pipes. A single dream of an old woman of the early tribe 

 widely recounted among the people as a necessary provision 

 demanded by the spirits might cause a modification in any line of 

 material culture. We have only to examine the history of the mod- 

 ern drum dance of Ojibway and middle plains tribe to discover how 

 a dream can institute a custom that becomes widely known and 

 followed. 



Pottery pipes. Iroquois pottery pipes are among the most inter- 

 esting forms of their ceramic art and some of the best modeling is 



Fig. 23 The " blowing mask " pipe. This is 

 a typical Seneca pipe. Found in Silverheels 

 site. Similar pipes come from Ontario county, 

 N. Y. and from Brant county, Ont. 



found in them. They bear upon their bowls the effigies of birds and 

 mammals, animal heads, human heads, and representations of 

 earthen pots and other objects. They are far more complex and 

 made with greater care than are the Algonkian pipes (see plate 54). 



