Pipestone pipe bowl and wood stem

Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl and wood stem (Supplied title)

Description: A pipestone pipe bowl (A) carved in the form of a man riding a horse, holding a bow and arrow in one hand, with a wood pipe stem (B), flat with squared edges and spirally carved at mid-section with a file-burned design throughout, possibly Dakota, 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: 1817.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

• 3 3/8 inches height (1817.A, bowl)
• 5 3/8 inches length (1817.A, bowl)
• 7/8 inches width (1817.A, bowl)
• 21 1/2 inches length (1817.B, stem)
• 1 1/2 inches width (1817.B, stem)

Subjects

How can we help?

• Help / About Collections Online
• Learn about the Collections
• Contact the Gale Family Library for help with research, orders, and use/licensing
• Have feedback or comments on the new Collections Online system? Please fill in the Collections Online Feedback Form.