Pipestone pipe bowl and stem

Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl and stem (Supplied title)

Description: An elbow style, pipestone bowl (A) with pewter inlay at bowl rim and posterior projection, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The rectangular wood pipestem has a rectangular longitudinal cut out section, at one end. The cut out section contains a central carving of bicones, brightly painted. The stem is intricately carved with a floral motif on both sides and carved elements in the shape of a star, circle, and clover. The stem is brightly painted throughout, predominant colors are blue, red, yellow, green and black.

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: 1562.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 inches height (1562.A: pipe bowl)
• 8 1/4 inches length (1562.A: pipe bowl)
• 1 3/8 inches diameter (1562.A: pipe bowl)
• 24 1/8 inches length (1562.B: pipe stem)
• 2 1/2 inches width (1562.B: pipe stem)
• 1/2 inch depth (1562.B: pipe stem)

Subjects

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