Native American, Northeastern United States, Hopewell Indians, Middle Woodland Period, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A beautiful and unusual example of a smoking pipe, hand-carved from mottled gray-green stone with black, citrine, and khaki inclusions. The tubular pipe body has a flat base and an air chamber drilled through its entirety. Surmounting the body is a sizable and stylized skull with deep orbitals, a recessed nasal cavity, a furrowed brow, and incised rows of teeth, all beneath a deep receptacle. Size: 5.75" L x 1.625" W x 2.9" H (14.6 cm x 4.1 cm x 7.4 cm)
Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010
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Condition
Repair to approximately 1.75" of front of pipe body, with restoration over break lines, and resurfacing and overpainting to new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to pipe body and skull, with light encrustations within pipe stem and receptacle. Great preservation to skull detailing.