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Pipestone pipe bowl
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Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl (Supplied title)
Description: A tomahawk style pipestone pipe bowl, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The bowl base has chamfered edges and is incised with decorative markings. Both sides of the anterior projection are carved with decorative borders; right side features scene of an American Indian riding a horse, pulling a travois and holding an American flag. The left side features wheat like grain, a rabbit, thunder bolt, and other images.
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: 1565.A
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
- 3 5/8 inches height
- 6 7/8 inches length
- 11/16 inches width (greatest width)
Subjects
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