Effigy pipes

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Photo by John Bentham.
Effigy pipes
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Dateafter 1850
MediumCast plaster with pigment
DimensionsOverall (S2023.3.1): 7 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 7 in. (19.7 × 9.5 × 17.8 cm) Overall (S2023.3.2): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 × 14.6 cm) Overall (S2023.3.3): 4 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (12.1 × 7 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object numberS2023.3.1-3
Not on view
DescriptionCast reproductions of Mississippian fireclay (a.k.a. "bauxite") pipes from the site of Cahokia in Collinsville, IL. The original objects are: S2023.3.1 - "Macoupin Creek Figurine," formerly known as "The Piasa Creek Figure Pipe," original in the collection of the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK (as of 1982); casts in the collections of the Iliinois State Museum, Cahokia Mounds Historic Site, and the National Museum of the American Indian S2023.3.2 - "Calhoun Frog Pipe," a cast is in the Illinois State Museum collection; location of original is unknown S2023.3.2 - "Man with Fish Pipe," location of original is unknown

Additional Details

Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
? - 2017: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor.
Published References Emerson, Thomas E. "Mississippian Stone Images in Illinois," Illinois Archaeological Survey, (February 1982), pp. 14, 27, 35.
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