Clay Pipe Fragment (2020a2769)

Description

**Clay smoking pipe fragment** Location: Coweeta Creek site (31Ma34), Macon County, North Carolina. Period: South Appalachian Mississippian, Middle Qualla phase (AD 1450-1700). Material: ceramic. Dimensions: length, 54.1 mm; width, 23.1 mm; thickness, 23.6 mm. Notes: Catalog no. 2020a2769. Rim fragment of a large, boat-shaped pipe decorated with effigies of a bird head and human face. North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Model by Steve Davis.