Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . Fig. 19.—Pewter pipe found with Skeleton 57. With Skeleton 31a pipe of similar form was found (pi. xiii, a).It had been broken, and in the illustration (pi. vi) the stem only isshown. Like the pipe last described, its stem is slightly tapering, 52 MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN but is thicker and exhibits less grace in treatment. The mouth ofthe bowl is oval, and the sides are rounded except the surfacefacing the smoker, which is flattened. At the base of the bowlthere is a well-defined heel, but there is no property mark andno trace
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . Fig. 19.—Pewter pipe found with Skeleton 57. With Skeleton 31a pipe of similar form was found (pi. xiii, a).It had been broken, and in the illustration (pi. vi) the stem only isshown. Like the pipe last described, its stem is slightly tapering, 52 MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN but is thicker and exhibits less grace in treatment. The mouth ofthe bowl is oval, and the sides are rounded except the surfacefacing the smoker, which is flattened. At the base of the bowlthere is a well-defined heel, but there is no property mark andno trace of decoration. The length is 4J in. The most elaborate of the three pewter pipes was found withSkeleton 57 (pi. xiii, b). It has a long, slender, tapering, under-rated stem, and a highly ornamental bowl. The extreme length ofthe pipe is 18 in. (fig. 19). The stem was broken when the pipewas found, but, unlike the other two, the break occurred near themouth end. The bowl joins the stem almost at a right angle;there is, however, a slight distal inclination
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