1 882.] 



Mound Pipes. 



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incomplete object, somewhat resembling this, in which the cavity 

 of the bowl is merely indicated, is figured in Mr. E. G. Squier's 

 "Aboriginal Monuments of the State of New York." 1 It is 

 made of steatite and was found near Mount Morris, Livingston 

 county. The original of Fig. 7 is a bird-shaped pipe carved from 



Fig. 7.— Bird Pipe. 

 a bluish-gray pipe stone. It was found associated with portions 

 of several human skeletons and a four-sided, bent copper " awl," 

 ix inches in length, in a mound of the same group as the 

 1 figured. This was possibly intended to represent a spe- 





Fig. 8. — Grouse Pipe. 

 5 of wild duck, the eyes of which were { 



second bird pipe of the 1 



material, which is shown in Fig. 8, 



