Hello again everyone,

Curiously, random folders in my email account seem to be empyting themselves 
of their contents.  One of these folders was- of course- the Histarch folder.  So, 
I am sending this out one more time, with the added proviso that if any of this 
sounds titillating to you, please do email and I'll provide you with a JPEG.  Too 
many people were unable to access the last photo I posted online.

Many thanks for your patience (and if you replied the first time, my sincere 
apologies for not getting back to you with a thank-you at least.  It took me 
awhile to notice what was missing).

Best,

Sarah



Original message:
Hello: 

I'm a student at the University of Chicago, and I'm hoping to get opinions on 
some pipe bowl fragments found this summer in New Orleans, Louisiana behind 
St. Antoine's church.  I've attached a picture- the four incised fragments on the 
left are the pipe bowl.  They appear to be hand built, have a black residue on the 
inside that has yet to be tested but that indicates it was used, and date to the 
early- to mid-1700s. 

So far I've been unable to identify either tribal provenience or even a general 
area it might have come from.  The incisions (four sets of two lines each 
arranged in what looks like a quadrant pattern) don't follow typical Mississippian 
patterns and the pipe shape itself is more typically European (that is, not an 
elbow pipe or a shelf pipe).  This is my first 
time working with pipes, so if there are any good typologies out there for 
Southeastern North America that I somehow missed, I'd appreciate that 
information, plus of course any insights you have to offer about this particular 
artifact.   

Cordially, 

Sarah Sticha