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Ancient Art, Antiques, & Fine
Collectibles
Authentic Fort Ancient Elbow Pipe
Hopewell Native
American Clay Pipe
Woodland Period,
Ohio, USA
c. 200 BC to 500 AD
“If one truly
understands the Medicine Pipe then one comprehends the infinite Universe,
for all is reflected in the Pipe.”
—Black
Hawk
Height:
1.0”
Bowl Diameter:
.94”
Length:
1.5”
Weight:
.6 oz. or 16 grams
Material:         Fired Clay
Est.Age:
Woodland
Period (200 BC—500 AD)
Condition:
Bowl is chipped on edges and shows signs of use as a pipe
Providence:
From a de-acquisition from an Ohio Native American Museum
Location of Find:  Ohio
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Note
I certify that this Ancient
Pipe
was legally collected on private land in
the 19th century and displayed in Ohio at a Native American Museum for over 100 years.
This is an opportunity to legally own a piece
of ancient, Native American pottery that is estimated to be about 2,000 years-old.
Details
This early Native American artifact is
an elbow-style, clay pipe that measures just 1 ½ ” long x 1″ tall and is made of
baked clay.  It has a little damage on the rim and underside. The bowl shows a dark
patina and coloring from use as a smoking pipe (see photos # 4-5).
It was found in a very large Native American
site called Fort Ancient, in Delaware County, Ohio.
The pipe was made by the Hopewell Tradition and has an early museum collection number
“162” marked on it.
The
Hopewell Tradition
(also incorrectly
called the “Hopewell Culture”) is the term used to describe common
aspects of the Native American culture that flourished along rivers in the
northeastern and Midwestern United States from 200 BC to 500 AD. The Hopewell
tradition was not a single culture or society, but a widely dispersed set of
related populations, which were connected by a common network of trade routes,
known as the Hopewell Exchange System.
This pipe would have
been made, blessed, and used by what is collectively called the Hopewell
Tradition of tribes.
Please examine the attached photos carefully as they are part of the description and bid accordingly.
All photos taken at 4x magnification and the US dime is not part of the sale, just there so you can better judge the size.
Note:
Each object I sell is professionally researched and compared with similar objects in the collections of the finest museums in the world.
I have been dealing in fine antiquities for almost 50 years and although certainly not an expert in every field, I have been honored to appraise, buy, collect, and enjoy and recently sell some of the finest ancient art in the world.
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