Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
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.
About This Item
- Title: Blocked-end tubes, East Machias, ca. 550 BCE
- Creation Date: circa 550 BCE
- Subject Date: circa 550 BCE
- Location: East Machias, Machias, Washington County, ME
- Media: Stone
- Local Code: 21*
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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