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Pipestone pipe bowl

1572.A, left

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Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl (Supplied title)

Description: A tomahawk style mottled pipestone pipe bowl, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. Both bowl base and posterior projection are incised. The left side of bowl base features an American Indian riding a horse, wearing a head dress with a stone club in hand. The left side of posterior projection has decorative borders, a tipi with an American Indian smoking a pipe seated on the right, and three arrows crossed in bottom corner. The right side of bowl base is incised with a crossed tomahawk and club. The right side of posterior projection is incised with an American Indian paddling in a canoe, also a spear, possibly a knife, and other designs.

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

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 1572.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

  • 2 1/4 inches height
  • 4 3/8 inches length
  • 5/8 inches width (greatest width)

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1572.A, left

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A reproduction can be purchased.

1572.A, right

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A reproduction can be purchased.