Pipe Stem

40-21-2B

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40-21-2B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux (uncertain)
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Brass | Buckskin | Feather
Description

Catlinite bowl carved with a horse's head. Polished wooden stem, carved with seven points at distal end and set with three bands of brass tacks. Hawk feather, dyed red with white and blue tip, attached.

Length 71.8 cm
Width 9.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Susan B. Pennebaker in memory of her father Benjamin Pennebaker MD, 1940

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