AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 



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Figure I in plate 31 shows the pipe found in grave 14. The bold 

 incised lines that form the decoration are of exceptional interest 

 and are a departure from other forms. The nipplelike stem seems 

 to have been designed as a support over which a wooden stem was 

 fitted, rather than as a mouth piece. The pipe contained charred 

 tobacco which has been carefully preserved intact in the bowl. A 

 photograph of the grave in which the pipe was found is shown in 

 plate 7. The writer has never seen a pipe of this kind in any col- 

 lection nor illustrated in any work on archeology, and the specimen 

 is probably a rare one if not entirely unique. 



The long square-topped pipe shown in figure 2 of plate 31 is the 

 so called " Huronian " form. It is made of the ordinary clay from 

 the vicinity but has become stained a dark brown. In texture this 

 pipe is perhaps the best example of pottery found in the site. It 

 is very hard and fine grained. 



Two views of the two-faced pipe found in grave XX, pit 44 are 

 shown in plate 31, figures 3 and 4. The front view was taken just 

 after the pipe was removed from the grave and was yet covered 

 with particles of sand, as the picture shows. The side view gives 

 a much better idea of the object and shows the two faces, both of 



Fig. 25 Pottery pipe bowls 



which are remarkably alike, the face away from the smoker, how- 

 ever, being more perfect in workmanship. As is the case with all 

 the earthen pipes shown in the plate, this pipe contained charred 

 tobacco. 



