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Excerpt from A Stone Effigy Pipe From Kentucky, Vol. 10
Kentucky archeological Objects that had been brought together by the late co]. Bennett H. Young of Louisville. One of these was a stone pipe, of unusual dimen sions and perfection of finish, whose, distal end is fashioned in the form Of the head of a wolf or of some similar animal. In 1876 Mr Lucien Carr and Prof. N. S. Shaler described the specimen, and since that time other writers, including Colonel Young, have added information concerning it. N ow that the pipe has been permanently placed in the Museum Of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, the writer has en deavored to assemble all facts that may prove useful to those having occasion to refer to this interesting example of abo riginal sculpture.
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