Blocked-end tubes, East Machias, ca. 2500 BP
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Item 23448
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These tubes probably were used for smoking tobacco. They were excavated in East Machias in the 1860s.
The tubes are made of a stone found only in Ohio and provide important evidence of an early trade network between Maine and western Indians.
Other Information
- Title: Blocked-end tubes, East Machias, ca. 2500 BP
- Local Name: East Machias
- Town: Machias
- County: Washington
- State: ME
- Media: Stone
- Local Code: Horatio Balch Collection, 21*
- Collection: Horatio Balch
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Maine--Antiquities
Pipes
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