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THBA California Curiosity, From the Estate of Clem Caldwell
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LiveSep 23, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017
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- Lot Description
carved of soapstone and set with shell beads around dorsal fin and eyes; wood stem insert, length 4.5 in.
second quarter 20th century
These pipes, commonly identified as Chumash, have been published in a Heye Foundation manuscript by E.K. Burnett entitled, "Inlaid Stone and Bone Artifacts from Southern California" (Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation, Vol. XIII, 1944). There have been questions and controversy as to the authenticity of this type of artifact, with the belief that the entire manuscript by E.K. Burnett was fabricated in order to create a market for these objects [http://themalibupost.blogspot.com/2013/11/to-point.html. Accessed August 23, 2017; King, Chester: Evolution of Chumash Society (1990:122)].
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