Pipe Bowl

70-9-373

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 70-9-373
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux (uncertain)
Provenience North America
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Catlinite
Description

Bowl is broken off at its base from the stem. Both pieces are very burned on the outside, and very little of the original color shows through. The end of the stem is octagonal in shape, further down, it abruptly changes to roundness which continues for the rest of the stem and bowl. The rim of the bowl has two rings carved around it.

Length 14 cm
Width 8.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970
Other Number 1379 - Other Number

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