Pipestone pipe bowl and wood stem

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

Description: An elbow style pipestone pipe bowl with mottling and lead inlay on posterior projection in a band of diagonal lines, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. It has a cylindrical wood stem with an overall carved floral motif, painted in bright colors and a carved spiral design at one end, also brightly painted. The predominant colors are blue, green, red, yellow, orange and white.

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: 1561.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 1/2 inches height (1561.A: bowl)
• 7 inches length (1561.A: bowl)
• 18 1/2 inches length (1561.B: stem)
• 1 1/8 inches diameter (1561.B: stem)

Subjects

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