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38 is a limestone pipe, found near Lake Michigan, about the 
year 1846, by Mr. Thomas Parker, upon the site of an Indian 
(Winnebago ?) encampment, in the township of Caledonia, 
Racine county, Wisconsin. It was presented to the Collection 
by Mr. G. Wing. 
No. 39 are pieces of molten copper, taken from the ''altars" 
of the Ohio mounds. 
No. 40 are pieces of galena from the " altars." 
Calumet Idols." 
H 14. 
Pipes such as those upon Case H 14 have been termed 
Calumet Idols " by Dr. Davis ; being of too large a size for 
common use, they were probably reserved for ceremonial pur- 
poses. No ''Calumet Idols" have been found in either of the 
mounds of Ohio. 
No. I. — Cast of a "Calumet Idol" in the form of a bird. 
The original is made of a micaceous stone, or perhaps of C"^' 
It was found in Illinois, and is now in the museum at St. Louis. 
No. 2. — Cast of a " Calumet Idol," in the shape of a bird with 
the wings slightly extended. The original is of greenstone, 
and was ploughed up in Tennessee. No. 3 is a " Calumet 
Idol " of chlorite, C, in the form of an animal, and was found 
in Ross county, Ohio. It measures eleven inches and three- 
quarters in length, and is three inches in height at the bowl. 
In working out the bowl a tool with a sharp point has been 
used. No. 4. — " Calumet Idol," of slightly ferruginous sand- 
stone, found near Paint Creek, Ross county, Ohio. It is five 
inches and a half in length, and about five inches in height. 
A snake is folded round the neck of the figure. The head of the 
figure is surmounted by a knob, like the scalp-lock of the 
Indians. Incised markings are to be noticed upon the face, 
somewhat resembling the markings on the faces of the heads 
sculptured upon the pipes Nos. 9 and 10, Case C 39. 
No. 5. — Cast of stone " Calumet Idol," in the form of a frog. 
The original was found in Indiana, and is preserved in the col- 
lection of Dr. Locke, of Cincinnati. No. 6. — Cast of a light- 
coloured sandstone "Calumet Idol," representing a human 
figure resting upon its knees and elbows. The original is 
* See page 108. 
