Based on the multiple rows of rouletting present on this bowl, a technique often used in the 17th century on Virginia made pipes, it is suspected that this pipe was made in Virginia or one of the southern colonies in the second half of the 17th century. Native in Massachusetts also made clay tobacco pipes but the decorative style and tool used to decorate this one looks more similar to southern ones than the local product. The presence of this pipe indicates that either someone travelled to Virginia, possibly for trade, or that these pipes were traded to people in New England, possibly during the English Civil War when trade with England was disrupted, or during the later 17th century when we know that New England potters were also making their own versions of tobacco pipes. One other Virginia style pipe has been found in New England. It came from the Thomas Cushman homesite, also in Kingston, located a couple of miles to the west along the Jones River. Both pipes may have come from the same shipment. Many trade items were recovered from the John Howland site, and it seems that he was involved with trade even after his official duties as the manager of the Colony’s Maine trading posts had ended.