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Tecumseh's pipe smoked by him 1813
Object Number 2004.29.1044
Display Title Tecumseh's pipe smoked by him 1813
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tecumseh's pipe smoked by him 1813. He gave the pipe to a British Col. the day before the battle. D Dupuis Collection. Ann Arbor Michigan"
Keywords
  • Smoking and Stimulant
Subject
  • Pipe
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Shawnee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Michigan
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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Dance house near Tecumseh's home
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California
'Tecumseh' bowl or 'The Prophet's' bowl.
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Bowl
Raw Material
Indiana?
Carved stone with human face
2004.29.1037 Carved stone with human face
Michigan
Carved stone with human face
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Michigan
Nine smoked undecorated pipe bowl fragments; six unsmoked undecorated pipe bowl fragments; one unsmoked pipe bowl fragment stamped with "D" and circular border, likely TD cartouche; one unsmoked pipe bowl and heel fragment with "T" and "D" stamped on either side of the heel; one pipe heel fragment with possible illegible stamped letters; two smoked pipe bowl fragments with TD cartouches; one smoked pipe bowl fragment stamped with "D" and circular border, likely TD cartouche; one smoked pipe bowl fragment stamped with "T" and circular border, likely TD cartouche; one smoked pipe bowl fragment stamped with circular border, likely cartouche; one smoked pipe bowl and heel fragment with "T" and "D" stamped on either side of the heel; one smoked pipe bowl and heel fragment with possible "K" and "H" stamped on either side of the heel
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Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard
Unsmoked, undecorated pipe bowl and heel fragment; smoked, undecorated pipe bowl fragment; unsmoked pipe bowl fragment with incised line around rim; unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, 7/64" bore diameter; smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragments, 7/64" bore diameter; smoked, undecorated pipe heel and stem fragment, 7/64" bore diameter
2016.29.911 Unsmoked, undecorated pipe bowl and heel fragment; smoked, undecorated pipe bowl fragment; unsmoked pipe bowl fragment with incised line around rim; unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, 7/64" bore diameter; smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragments, 7/64" bore diameter; smoked, undecorated pipe heel and stem fragment, 7/64" bore diameter
Pipe stem
Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard
Unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 4/64" bore diameter. Unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragments; 5/64" bore diameter. Smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 5/64" bore diameter. Smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 6/64" bore diameter. Unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 7/64" bore diameter
996-3-10/73045 Unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 4/64" bore diameter. Unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragments; 5/64" bore diameter. Smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 5/64" bore diameter. Smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 6/64" bore diameter. Unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment; 7/64" bore diameter
Pipe stem
Harvard Yard
Unsmoked, undecorated pipe bowl and heel fragment; smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, bore diameter unmeasurable; smoked, undecorated pipe heel and stem fragment, 6/64" bore diameter; unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, bore diameter unmeasurable; heel and stem fragment and unsmoked stem fragment crossmend
2016.29.1023 Unsmoked, undecorated pipe bowl and heel fragment; smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, bore diameter unmeasurable; smoked, undecorated pipe heel and stem fragment, 6/64" bore diameter; unsmoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, bore diameter unmeasurable; heel and stem fragment and unsmoked stem fragment crossmend
Pipe stem
Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard
Smoked, undecorated pipe stem fragment, 5/64" bore diameter; smoked pipe bowl and heel fragment, stamped illegible letters on either side of heel
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Pipe stem
Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard
Smoked, undecorated pipe bowl fragments; smoked pipe bowl fragment with stamped cartouche
996-3-10/72852 Smoked, undecorated pipe bowl fragments; smoked pipe bowl fragment with stamped cartouche
Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard
Pipe stem fragment, not smoked, molded decoration, 8/64" bore diameter; pipe bowl, heel, and stem fragment, smoked, P.D. stamped heel, 7/64" bore diameter
2016.29.303 Pipe stem fragment, not smoked, molded decoration, 8/64" bore diameter; pipe bowl, heel, and stem fragment, smoked, P.D. stamped heel, 7/64" bore diameter
Pipe bowl
Pipe stem
Harvard Yard
Four unsmoked pipe bowl fragments; one unsmoked bowl and heel fragment; three smoked pipe bowl fragments; one smoked bowl and heel fragment, stamped with possible "V D" on one side of heel, indistinguishable mark on the other side of heel
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Pipe bowl
Harvard Yard