Pipestone pipe bowl and pipe stem

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

Description: A tomahawk style, pipestone bowl in spontoon form; carved borders and designs, on each side throughout, and a pipestone stem is square with chamfering and carved with decorative elements, 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: 1573.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 (1573.A,B: assembled pipe, overall)
• 2 1/4 inches height (1573.A: pipe bowl)
• 4 1/4 inches length (1573.A: pipe bowl)
• 5/8 inch width (1573.A: pipe bowl: stem base)
• 1/2 inch height (1573.B: pipe stem)
• 1/2 inch width (1573.B: pipe 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.