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Object Number
34-119-10/100561.1.100
Display Title
Two earthenware pipes
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Anderson County, Texas. Anderson County, E. Texas. 34-119. / Left: A. C. Saunders farm, 2 1/2 mi. E. of Frankston and 1 mi. W. of Tueckes river. Earthenware pipe of unusual shape, from a midden mound. Well made of yellow clay, highly polished. Decorated with 5 rows of punctate lines around end of stem, 2 around rim of bowl, and 5 forming a semi-circle at base of the flat-bottomed bowl. There is a trace of white pigment in the larger impressed dots. / Right: S. S. Watson farm, now known as chapman plantation at Pecan Point on red river, Red River County. Crudely made earthenware pipe from a burial mound. Shell tempered, too decoration. Photo full size. / Gift of J. E. Pearce, Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
- Smoking and Stimulant
Subject
- Pipe
Department
Photographic
Date
1900-1934
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Texas
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Anderson County
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<City>
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AC Saunders farm; Watson farm
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Prof. James Edwin Pearce
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