Pipestone letter opener with fish motif

Titles: Pipestone letter opener with fish motif (Supplied title)

Description: A pipestone letter opener, possibly Dakota, with handle carved in a fish form with decorative borders and designs down center of blade, 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

• owned/used by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1575

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

• 9 1/4 inches length (repaired)
• 1 1/8 inches width
• 7/16 inches depth

Subjects

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