Pipestone pipe bowl

Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl (Supplied title)

Description: A pipestone (catlinite) pipe carved in the form of a white man in 1840s attire resting on his arms and lower back, with his legs raised, circa the 1840s. The toes point toward the reeded mouthpiece with a poured lead decoration at its top. The legs form the pipe's stem; the upper torso, head and hat form the bowl. The carved details are finely incised. The pipe was probably made by or for David Faribault, Sr. and given by his son, David Faribault, Jr. to Reverend Moses N. Adams, an Indian Agent in Flandreau, South Dakota, in the 1870s. The initials "D.F." are incised on the mouthpiece in catlinite and outlined in poured lead.

Dates

• Approximately 1840 - 1849 (Creation)
• Approximately 1870 (Content)

Creation

• made by (possibly): Faribault, David Sr.
• given by: Faribault, David R.
• received by: Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 3325.E342

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Notes

• See Tordoff, Jeffrey P. "Conundrum in Catlinite: Exploring the History of a Masterpiece," Minnesota History Magazine, Winter 1989, pp. 313-318, Saint Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society. Available online at http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/51/v51i08p313-318.pdf (accessed 1/11/2018).

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 9 3/8 inches length
• 1 5/8 inches width
• 7 inches height

Subjects

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