MURDOCH.] riPEiS (*7 



smoothly groimcl stone. No. ,S!tL>sy [1582] (Fiff. i\b from ITtkiMvwTii) is 

 of rather soft ^-eeuish gray slate. No. S'.L'!l(l [S(i 1 1 is of t lie, same shape 

 but of hard greenish stone, wlille the tliird stone pipe (N,,. S'.ti'in |.s;!ll 

 from Utkiavwin), of gray slate, is ut'iiuite a diU'erent. patlei-ii. Tliree of 

 the .series have bowls of reimleiT antler, lined with thin sheet, brass 

 and one a bowl of walrus i\or\, lined with thin eoppta-. (See I'ig. (Jc 

 Nos. 89285 [954J, S<)L'St; |!»1.-.|, and S!tL'S7 [ 1I2!IJ.) 



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Antler an.l ston,' pipes. 



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pattern and rathei- small aic usually 

 carried hy tin- men oul of doois, while t\u' moie .'laborate metal pipes, 

 whi<-li are often veiy large and handsome (I Iniv.- seen some with a 

 sam-erat least .I inches in dianu'ter) are more frequently used in the 

 house and l.y the w.Miien. Tln^ stem is usually 1 foot or l-'i inches long, 

 though pipes at least is inches long were seen. 



To niost pipes are attach. mI pickers, as in the type spccinuMi. The 

 picker is in all cases of metal, usually iron or steel, but sometimes of 

 cop[)er(se.. the pi.-kers attached to j.ipes above). When iHit in use tin- 

 point is tucked under the lashing on the stem. The pipes are readily 

 taken apart for cleaning. 



