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Title	Pipe, Platform Black Bear Effigy.
Subject	Effigies.; Hopewell culture.; Mound-builders.; Stone carving.; Tobacco pipes.; Woodland culture.
Description	Platform: 85 mm long, 36 mm wide (29 mm anterior, 27 mm posterior), 8 mm deep; Bowl: 42 mm high, 12 mm diameter; Effigy: 48 mm high, 49 mm long, 25.5 mm wide; Smoke hole: 3.5 mm diameter.; This pipe is part of a large collection of pipes found at Tremper Mound. Most of the pipes were carved of Ohio pipestone, a silica-based material that can be easily carved when freshly quarried from the hills east of the Scioto River. The pipes represent a variety of animals significant to the Hopewell, including owls, wolves, deer and beaver. Skilled Hopewell craftsmen carved the pipes with flint knives and some are embellished with pearls or copper.; This item was on display in the First Ohioans Exhibit at the Ohio Historical Center (1986-2006).; This item is included in Windows to Our Collections at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus (opened July 2006).
Type	Catlinite.; Pipes (smoking equipment)
Language	zxx
Relation	http://worldcat.org/oclc/71324658/viewonline; http://www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/; http://www.ohiomemory.org; http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0025263.html&StartPage=263&EndPage=398&volume=25&newtitle=Volume%2025%20Page%20263
Rights	Images are provided for research purposes only. For duplication or use requests, please go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page.; http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Description-Abstract	Effigy pipe shows the front quarters of a black bear. Front legs are shown in bas relief on the front of the bowl. The bear's face is well defined. The mouth is a V-shaped incised line. Eyes (3 mm in diameter) are drilled and inset with copper. An incised line extends between the eye and ears from the right cheek over the forehead to the left cheek. The ears are erect; the left ear has been damaged. Striations are visible on the platform but not on the effigy. The posterior half of the bowl has been restored, as has a small section of the platform along the right side of the effigy. There are some chips missing along the right edge of the platform near the anterior end. The anterior end is squared, while the posterior end is rounded. The effigy pipe is made of Ohio pipestone that ranges in color from light olive gray to olive gray.
Format-Extent	1 pipe : light olive gray, olive gray ; 62 x 36 x 85 mm., 84 g.
Format-Medium	Ohio Pipestone ; copper ; carved, ground, polished, drilled.
Coverage-Spatial	United States--Ohio--Scioto--Rush Township.
PDI.Title	Pipe, Platform - / Black Bear Effigy.
OCLC number	71324658

Title	Page 1 Pipe, Platform Black Bear Effigy.
Subject	Effigies.; Hopewell culture.; Mound-builders.; Stone carving.; Tobacco pipes.; Woodland culture.
Description	Platform: 85 mm long, 36 mm wide (29 mm anterior, 27 mm posterior), 8 mm deep; Bowl: 42 mm high, 12 mm diameter; Effigy: 48 mm high, 49 mm long, 25.5 mm wide; Smoke hole: 3.5 mm diameter.; This pipe is part of a large collection of pipes found at Tremper Mound. Most of the pipes were carved of Ohio pipestone, a silica-based material that can be easily carved when freshly quarried from the hills east of the Scioto River. The pipes represent a variety of animals significant to the Hopewell, including owls, wolves, deer and beaver. Skilled Hopewell craftsmen carved the pipes with flint knives and some are embellished with pearls or copper.; This item was on display in the First Ohioans Exhibit at the Ohio Historical Center (1986-2006).; This item is included in Windows to Our Collections at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus (opened July 2006).
Type	Catlinite.; Pipes (smoking equipment)
Language	zxx
Relation	http://worldcat.org/oclc/71324658/viewonline; http://www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix/; http://www.ohiomemory.org; http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0025263.html&StartPage=263&EndPage=398&volume=25&newtitle=Volume%2025%20Page%20263
Rights	Images are provided for research purposes only. For duplication or use requests, please go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page.; http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Description-Abstract	Effigy pipe shows the front quarters of a black bear. Front legs are shown in bas relief on the front of the bowl. The bear's face is well defined. The mouth is a V-shaped incised line. Eyes (3 mm in diameter) are drilled and inset with copper. An incised line extends between the eye and ears from the right cheek over the forehead to the left cheek. The ears are erect; the left ear has been damaged. Striations are visible on the platform but not on the effigy. The posterior half of the bowl has been restored, as has a small section of the platform along the right side of the effigy. There are some chips missing along the right edge of the platform near the anterior end. The anterior end is squared, while the posterior end is rounded. The effigy pipe is made of Ohio pipestone that ranges in color from light olive gray to olive gray.
Format-Extent	1 pipe : light olive gray, olive gray ; 62 x 36 x 85 mm., 84 g.
Format-Medium	Ohio Pipestone ; copper ; carved, ground, polished, drilled.
Coverage-Spatial	United States--Ohio--Scioto--Rush Township.
PDI.Title	Pipe, Platform - / Black Bear Effigy.
OCLC number	71324658

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