Is this part of a Mississippian Pipe? (New Pics Added)

[wirelessworldinc]

This is carved out of bone. I found last year on a mississippian site.

 

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Re: Is this part of a Mississippian Pipe?

is there any sign of driiling where the stem would be? if not it may be an effigy carving. the bowl may have been the socket of the bone. either way, a very nice find

 

[wirelessworldinc]

Re: Is this part of a Mississippian Pipe?

No sign of a drill hole, I can tell that when I look through the magnifiying glass is has reddish paint in the groves in some places. Maybe it is a rock, cause just now I noticed under the bear's mouth and in that hollow place it is sparkly.

 

[wirelessworldinc]

Re: Is this part of a Mississippian Pipe?

I put it on the scanner, hopefully this will show more detail. I will try to get the front of the face. It will be hard to stand it up that way without tape.

 

[wirelessworldinc]

Re: Is this part of a Mississippian Pipe?

Here is a scanned shot of the front of the face. Sorry about the first pics, I took them with my cellphone.

 

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it does look more like pipestone in the last pics. maybe an unfinished pipe. heres a pic of a fish effigy i dug at a rock shelter a while back. hope your spot produces more. mine sure did.

 

[wirelessworldinc]

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I would really like to see the fish, but I could not get it to come up.

 

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sorry about that. the pic i have on the computer is too big to upload here. as soon as my camera charges i will take a smaller one and try again.

 

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ok here goes