Pipestone inkwell and cover

Titles: Pipestone inkwell and cover (Supplied title)

Description: A pipestone inkwell featuring a boot (.A) with squirrel (.C) on cover (.B), possibly Dakota, decorated with carved squirrel figure and incised decorative designs and scenes, circa the mid- to late 19th century.

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: 1524.A-C

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

• 2 inches height (1524.A, base)
• 3 1/4 inches length (1524.A, base)
• 1 3/8 inches width (1524.A, base)
• 1 3/8 inches height (1524.B, cover)
• 1 1/2 inches length (1524.B, cover)
• 1 3/8 inches width (1524.B, cover)

Subjects

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