Pipestone pipe bowl and wood stem

Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl and wood stem (Supplied title)

Description: An elbow style, pipestone bowl (A) with lead inlay design at two points: diagonal stripping at bowl rim and crisscross design on posterior projection, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The cylindrical wood stem (B) has an overall carved floral motif, painted in bright colors and carved spiral design at one end. The predominant colors are: blue, green, red, yellow, orange, and white.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1806.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 4 1/2 inches height (1806.A, overall height)
• 9 5/8 inches length (1806.A, bowl)
• 1 5/8 inches diameter (1806.A, bowl, greatest diameter)
• 20 3/4 inches length (1806.B, stem)
• 4 1/4 inches circumference (1806.B, stem, greatest circumference)

Subjects

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