Pipestone pipe bowl

Titles: Pipestone pipe bowl (Supplied title)

Description: A tomahawk style pipestone pipe with carved diamond designs on bowl base, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The posterior projection is carved on both sides; right side has decorative borders and plant motif, left side is carved with clover leaf and zigzag design throughout.

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: 1571.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 7/8 inches height
• 5 7/8 inches length
• 1 inch diameter (greatest diameter of bowl)

Subjects

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