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formerly the property of Dr. E. H. Davis, of New, York, but is 
now in the Blackmore Museum at Salisbury, England. This is 
figured in the first volume of the “ Smithsonian Contributions to 
Knowledge,” on the 230th page, though it is {there represented 
less than half the size of the original, while another illustration of 
it in Harpers Monthly Magazine for June, 1855, is further reduced 
in size, and is placed with three of the celebrated ancient mound 
pipes of Squier and Davis, beneath which occurs the simple 
legend “ Indian Pipe-bowls.” 
The long stems of the calumet, which have, for many genera- 
Fic. 1.—Calumet with carving of ape and boy. 
tions, played such important parts in the wars, treaties and reli- 
gious ceremonies of the Indian tribes, deserve a passing notice. 
Modern examples are often ingeniously made and profusely deco- 
rated with stained feathers, porcupine quill wrappings, bead work, 
human hair, gaudily-colored cloth and other ornamental trim- 
mings, Specimens in my own collection are twisted and the spi- 
ral edges of the wood ornamented by charred designs. One flat 
stem in the collection of the Davenport Academy of Sciences is 
beautified with carvings of hearts and arrows which pass entirely 
through the center of the broad side. The stem hole which, if 
straight or following the pith, should intersect the open spaces, 
evidently passes around them ; we are at a loss to know how such 
a result could be reached with the tools at the command of the 
