Sorry I'm so late replying to this thread, but here's some relevant info on
Pamplin pipes from Virginia:


"In 1972, Missouri avocational archaeologists Henry and Jean Hamilton
published an article about Pamplin pipes that remains the definitive source
on the subject. The Hamiltons examined 4,451 pipes from the Pamplin area
(recovered from the Pamplin Company's factory grounds and from the site of a
local store that sold home-industry pipes) and identified 39 styles that
represented the majority of pipe forms produced in the Pamplin area from the
mid-18th to mid-20th centuries. The Hamiltons' personal Pamplin pipe type
collection, which includes examples of most of these forms and is now housed
by the Museum of Anthropology, is presented in its entirety in this online
exhibit." 
 
<http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/pamplinpipes/pamplinpipes.sh
tml>
http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/pamplinpipes/pamplinpipes.sht
ml 


Hamilton, H. and J. Hamilton. 1972. Clay pipes from Pamplin. Missouri
Archaeologist 34(1-2):1-47.   
This issue of the journal is out of print, but copies are available for 10c
per page from Missouri Archaeological Society at 
 <http://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/journals.html>
http://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/journals.html 

Jack Eastman

Vice-President and Trustee

Missouri Archaeological Society

 

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Date:    Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:27:22 -0400

From:    "Vtipil, Amanda N Ms CTR US USA IMCOM" <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Help with interesting effigy pipe (UNCLASSIFIED)

 

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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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Amanda Vtipil

Curator/Archaeologist

Regional Archaeological Curation Facility

Environmental Management Office

Fort Lee, VA

804.734.4436

 

 

 

 

 

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