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  - 
  • 
  ['Assembly 
  

  

  Ah-so-qua-ta, 
  or 
  pipe. 
  

  

  No. 
  50 
  

  

  This 
  pipe 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  stone 
  ; 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  stem 
  piece 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  

   the 
  exact 
  fashion 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  earthen 
  pipe 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  As 
  

   the 
  stone 
  is 
  intensely 
  hard 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  say 
  how 
  it 
  was 
  drilled 
  

   out. 
  Stone 
  implements 
  are 
  often 
  found 
  of 
  Indian 
  manufacture, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  bored 
  with 
  great 
  regularity. 
  It 
  lias 
  been 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  that 
  the 
  boring 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  reed 
  made 
  to 
  re- 
  

   volve 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  by 
  hand, 
  and 
  sand 
  employed 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  cut- 
  

   ting. 
  Nothing 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  or 
  manufacture 
  pf 
  this 
  pipe 
  ; 
  

   it 
  was 
  purchased 
  of 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  on 
  Grand 
  river. 
  

  

  STONE 
  PIPE 
  MADE 
  OF 
  NODULE. 
  

   No. 
  5-2. 
  

  

  *• 
  4 
  feet 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  western 
  Indians 
  large 
  pipe 
  bowls 
  with 
  long 
  stems, 
  

   ornamented 
  in 
  various 
  ways, 
  and 
  called 
  calumets, 
  are 
  very 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  ', 
  but 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  usually 
  short, 
  and 
  

   without 
  a 
  stem 
  piece. 
  Fancy 
  pipes 
  are 
  occasionally 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  

   with, 
  like 
  the 
  one 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure, 
  having 
  a 
  long 
  stem 
  

   piece 
  and 
  a 
  huge 
  bowl. 
  In 
  this 
  case 
  the 
  bowl 
  is 
  a 
  nodule 
  of 
  stone, 
  

   with 
  a 
  rough 
  exterior, 
  weighing 
  about 
  a 
  pound; 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   drilled 
  out 
  by 
  artificial 
  means. 
  The 
  handle 
  is 
  of 
  wood 
  colored 
  

   black 
  and 
  perforated 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  wire. 
  A 
  cluster 
  of 
  feathers 
  

   depends 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  handle. 
  It 
  was 
  procured 
  from 
  a 
  

   Seneca 
  at 
  Tonawanda. 
  

  

  