Dakota pipestone pipe bowl and stem

Titles: Dakota pipestone pipe bowl and stem (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota pipe bowl and stem carved of pipestone (catlinite), circa the late 19th or early 20th century. The pieces would be connected at a tubular wooden peg with a second tubular peg serving as the mouthpiece. The bowl is carved with a human left hand in relief. The stem is incised with leaves and flowers as well as a human right hand grasping the neck of an aquatic bird, which is, in turn, engulfing a representation of a fish. A label glued to the stem reads: "SNAKE and HAND PEACE PIPE / Carved from PIPESTONE - / By DAKOTA SIOUX INDIAN." The pipe was donated in 1905 by Charles H. Bennett, a pharmacist in Pipestone, Minnesota.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1875 - Not later than 1905 (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Bennett, Charles Henry

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2860.E291.A,B

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 2 items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 4 1/2 inches height (bowl)
• 11 inches length (bowl)
• 1 1/2 inches width (bowl)
• 1 1/4 inches height (stem)
• 14 1/2 inches length (stem)
• 1 1/2 inches width (stem)

Subjects

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