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Prisoner Pipe

Mississippian Culture, 1200 – 1400
Prisoner Pipe, Mississippian Culture
Prisoner Pipe, zoomed in
12.1 cmPrisoner Pipe scale comparison15.2 cm

Prisoner Pipe is a Mississippian Limestone Sculpture created between c.1200 and 1400. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Smoking. SourceSee Prisoner Pipe in the Kaleidoscope

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