Grizzly Bear Effigy Pipe
CultureMiddle Woodland, probably Kansas City Hopewell Complex, Holt County, Missouri
Date100 B.C.E. - 400 C.E.
MediumStone (possibly limonite)
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 4 3/4 inches (10.16 × 12.07 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Betty Jo and Henry I. Marder Mound Builders Fund
Object number2019.18
MarkingsWritten in ink on the bottom, "Holt Co. Mo / Mo. River bottom / near Oregon"
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Description"Tube type" pipe with one end terminating in the form of a carved bearProvenanceFound in Holt County in a river bottom field near the town of Oregon, Missouri by Earl Wilson, 1940;
Purchased by Greg Thomas (deceased), early 1980s;
Purchased by Tommy Beutell, Tuckaseegee, North Carolina;
Purchased by agents Murray Hughes, Bridgeport, Alabama and Steve Repp, Knoxville, Illinois;
Purchased from Steve Repp by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2019.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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