Pipe found at garage sale, is it fake?

[Rorydy334]

I picked this pipe up at a garage sale in central Alabama. The seller did not know anything about the pipe. Could anyone give me information about it? I got the pipe cheap and for all I know it was made in the garage I bought it from. I've included a pic of some points I got from the same location in case any of them stick out as obviously fake.

 

[GaRebel1861]

If you haven't already, I would suggest that you post it in the Native American Forum as well. It's interesting no doubt. Good Luck!!

 

[xthoms]

How much did it cost you?

 

[jewelerguy]

hard to imagine anyone selling an effigy pipe at a garage sale. it, and the points look good to me but there are some very convincing fakes out there. any more, it's hard for me to trust a point to be genuine unless I found it myself, or I know the finder. I'll leave this one up to the experts

 

[unclemac]

if it is fake it was made to deceive not to imitate....notice how it has usage wear on the high spots?

 

[jamey]

id say you did very well,looks good to me.i find all kinds of good stuff at yard sales,so do not count it out because of that.thanks for sharing

 

[diggummup]

id say you did very well,looks good to me.i find all kinds of good stuff at yard sales,so do not count it out because of that.thanks for sharing

Yup. I found these at various sales over the years, not North American but...

 

[Rorydy334]

Thank you all for responding to my post. I am in contact with a local museum. Hopefully I can get further info from them. If I do I will post it here.

 

[unclemac]

please do either way...we appreciate answers

 

[Rorydy334]

I posted this pipe on another website artifact forum and got some interesting responses. I was told that central Alabama is a hotbed of fake stonework. The gentleman who gave me that info named the town I got the pipe from as one with lots of counterfeit stonework. He told me about a book called "Sun Circles and Human Hands" that would help me in the future. I hope the curator at my local museum tells me it's authentic, but I expect them to say the pipe is fake.

 

[monsterrack]

It is hard to say for sure that the pipe is a fake. Just from what I see it does not look to be a NA item, but I could be wrong, but most of the pipes that come to mind with a face is made more to look like a NA or an animal . The face almost reminds me of a Tiano artifact form Haiti. Here is the photo and I know this one is real, I put the photo up top. Keep us updated and maybe joshareams will stop by on this post.