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Pipe case

Penobscot or Micmac
Northeastern Woodlands

late 18th/ early 19th century

wood, paint

Inventory # W1842

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acquired by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Mashantucket, CT

This early pipe case, made to hold a clay trade pipe of the period, appears to be the only example of its type extant.

Reportedly collected by an antiques dealer in Nova Scotia William Caskey, Toronto, ON
The Wellington Collection, Long Island, NY

Pleasing the Spirits, Ewing, Ghylen Press, 1982, plate 99
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 1999, pg. 16

"Pleasing the Spirits", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1982

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