Kaolin pipe, bowl and stem fragment
- Title:
- Kaolin pipe, bowl and stem fragment
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Prof. Emeritus Robert Ascher, one of the principal excavators
- Date:
- ca. 1800-1850
- Site:
- Cumberland Island,Camden,Georgia,United States
- Location:
- Cumberland Island,Camden,Georgia,United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- Anthr1983_002_0013_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 983.2.13
- File Name:
- Anthr1983_002_0013_01.jpg
- Culture:
- antebellum
- Work Type:
- equipment for personal use: smoking and tobacco use
- Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
kaolin pipe-clay - Subject:
- slavery
georgia
plantations
georgia
georgia
clay tobacco pipes - Measurement:
- approx 45 (heel to rim) x 44 (millimeters, height x length)
- Description:
- Fragmentary bowl and stem of a kaolin (white clay) smoking pipe. Decorated with molded lines following the curve of the bowl, and highly stylized leaf design along the mold-seams at the front and back of the bowl. Heel at the base of the juncture of the bowl and stem. The prominent mold-lines visible at the heel, and the overall lower detail in the decoration, suggest that this was a relatively low-quality pipe. The smoothed and slightly rounded end of the stem suggests that this pipe was used for smoking even with its broken-off, shortened stem, reflecting extreme curation by its user(s).
- Bibliography:
- Robert Ascher and Charles H. Fairbanks, "Excavation of a Slave Cabin: Georgia, U.S.A." Historical Archaeology 5 (1971), pp.3-17.
- Archival Collection:
- Georgia Slave Cabin archaeological collection
- Format:
- Image
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