Pipestone pipe bowl and stem

Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl and stem (Supplied title)

Description: A pipestone pipe bowl and stem, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The elbow style, pipestone bowl (A) is mottled, its square base has chamfering and bowl rim has pewter inlay in an ‘X’ design. The pipestone pipestem (B) is mottled and is flat with squared edges and carved on one side. The carving motifs include a vine and clover design throughout with a fan of leaves at both ends, and a cow at wider end.

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: 1559.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

• 7 3/4 inches length (1559.A, bowl)
• 4 inches height (1559.A, bowl)
• 1 1/4 inches diameter (1559.A, bowl, greatest diameter of bowl)
• 1 3/16 inches width (1559.A, bowl, greatest width of bowl)
• 17 1/4 inches length (1559.B, stem)
• 1 3/4 inches width (1559.B, stem, greatest width of stem)
• 3/4 inches depth (1559.B, stem, greatest depth of stem)

Subjects

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