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Northern Plains pipestone pipe bowl

Titles: Northern Plains pipestone pipe bowl (Supplied title)

Description: A Northern Plains pipe bowl, circa the early to mid-19th century. It is a deep red elbow-shaped cylindrical catlinite pipe bowl with a short tapered anterior projection on the shank. The bowl and shank taper to the point of juncture. Both borings are fire-blackened. This pipe bowl was removed from a burial site at Fort Clark, North Dakota.

Dates

  • Approximately 1822 - Not later than 1861 (Fort Clark was settled by Mandan Indians circa 1822, abandoned after a smallpox epidemic in 1837, re-settled by the Arikara in 1838, and finally abandoned circa 1861.) (Use)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 9598.4

Restrictions

  • Through curatorial review and/or additional consultation with American Indian elders, spiritual leaders, tribal officers or lineal descendants, this item has been determined to be culturally sensitive. As advised by the Minnesota Historical Society Indian Advisory Committee on April 20, 2012, the Minnesota Historical Society will not display images of culturally sensitive items on the public database.

Notes

  • Gilbert L. and Frederick N. Wilson Collection.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 3 13/16 inches height
  • 6 3/16 inches width
  • 1 1/4 inches depth

Subjects

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