A Steatite Biconical Tube Pipe
Early Woodland Period, 800-100 B.C.
Jefferson County, Tennessee
length 12-1/2 inches

A large example elegantly carved from green steatite, featuring two conical tubes tapering into a central raised bar.


Property from The John Baldwin Trust, Chicago, Illinois

COLLECTION HISTORY

John Baldwin, West Olive, Michigan
Amon H. "Jack" Cruse, Battle Creek, Michigan
Found by Fayne Morgan, July 1974

G.I.R.S. Certificate of Authenticity Registrar No. J3, dated 4/20/1980, signed by Gordon Hart, John Baldwin, Steven Hart, and Earl Townsend.

PUBLISHED

Baldwin, John, Red Pipes: Indian Smoking Pipes of the American Frontier (2007: 7)

Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3 (1981: 149)

Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 (1982: 120)

Hothem, Lar. North American Indian Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts (1990: 130)

Prehistoric Art-Archaeology, Vol. XV, No. 1 (1980: 8-9)

The Michigan Barb, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1986: 38-39)

Thompson, Ben W. Who's Who in Indian Relics, Vol. 5, (1980: 62)

Thompson, Ben W. Who's Who in Indian Relics, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1987: 39)

All paperwork we have are copies of the originals.