Pipe Bowl

Sioux people, Northern Plains, Native American

Mid19th/early 20th century

  • Titles Pipe Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Medium Catlinite
  • Dimensions 2 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (7 × 9 × 4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Susie and Scott Robertson, 1985.19
  • Work Type pipe bowl
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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The engraving is so worn as to be about gone. Perhaps a single heart design.
String of 41 shell beads
Crown of feathers, ermine pieces, and two eagle claws.
Small pointed, or elbow, basket with handle, of tan cane in a basket weave pattern with a band of darker cane around the middle and a V pattern in the center.