Pipe Bowl and Stem

Sioux people, Plains region, Native American

Before 1862

  • Titles Pipe Bowl and Stem (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood, catlinite
  • Dimensions bowl: 7 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 7/8 in. (17.9 × 9.5 × 2.2 cm) stem: 22 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (55.9 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Carl P. Leibold in memory of her husband, 1954.30.1-.2
  • Work Type pipe bowl and stem
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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