I thought they looked more like those Ohio Valley pipes from Pt.  
Pleasant (I think), also written up and profusely illustrated in one  
of the early Conference on Historic Sites Archaeology volumes (my  
copies presently out of reach).
PEM

On Aug 20, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Veit, Richard wrote:

It looks a bit funky but it certainly resembles Moravian pipes.  I  
have seen similar examples from NJ and PA out of late 18th century  
contexts.

Rich Veit

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Hello All,
I was hoping someone out there could help me in identifying a  
stoneware effigy pipe recovered last summer near Petersburg,  
Virginia.  The pipe was excavated from a plantation site dating to the  
late 18th to mid-to-late 19th centuries.  Two other pipe fragments  
were recovered with similar features.  Limited amounts of research  
have been conducted on this artifact.  We had been attributing it to  
the Moravian tradition but this pipe is so much more stylized than the  
classically influenced Moravian reed pipes that I feel uncomfortable  
in definitely saying this.  The Virginia Department of Historic  
Resources has a similar stylized effigy pipe on display but the report  
contains no information on the production of the pipe.  Has anyone  
seen anything similar or have any information on the production of  
these sort of pipes.  Thanks!

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