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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
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.
? - 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.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
William E. Williams
Date: 2004
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.1
Casey Ruble
Date: 2012
Medium: Paper collage
Object number: 2013.4.1
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177
David Kennedy Cutler
Date: 2011
Medium: Archival inkjet on Japanese paper, data of compact disks, and pigmented cotton
Object number: 2016.16
Unknown artist
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.2