Old Clay Pipe Bowl with Face and Legs, Presumed Native American abstracted nature I'm sure there have been

I'm sure there have been some samples lost over the years

which I think someone took great pains to try to get right

impressed with scaly texture

and red lines rising from nostrils together convey constant motion and circulation in all directions

I have not touched its surface

Old Clay Pipe Bowl with Face and Legs, Presumed Native American abstracted nature I'm sure there have beenThis effigy pipe appears to be quite an old one, with great deepening to the color of the clay where it was clearly very often held. I love the serene looking, moon like face at the front, and then these wonderful little arms and legs incised into the sides, which make it seems look as if a creature of the water, ready to paddle its way across river or sea. I am not an expert but am confident it is Native American, and, based on the color and surface,