Culture/People

Eastern Band of Cherokee

Previous owner

Davis George, Eastern Band of Cherokee

Collector

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Object Name

Pipe bowl

Media/Materials

Stone

Techniques

Carved

Object Type

Pipes and Smoking

Native Term

ga nu'n na wu'n

Place

Swain County and Jackson County; North Carolina; USA

Collection History

Collected from Davis George (Eastern Band of Cherokee) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

Catalog Number

1/9007

Barcode

019007.000

See related items

Eastern Band of Cherokee

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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