Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8810014

Category: Pipe Bowls-Pipe Stems

Region: Plains

Tribe: Iowa

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Stem: Ash wood; dyed and natural porcupine quills; dyed horsehair; woodpecker scalp; green paint; sinew; Bowl: Catlinite, lead.

Description: Long flat stem decorated with wrapped quillwork in red, black and white; the quilled area framed with dyed red horsehair and woodpecker scalp (mostly dessicated). Elbow shaped Pipe bowl with funnel shaped bowl with a band of lead inlay near top.

Dimensions: Length 46.125 inches 117.2 cm.

Provenance:

Andre Nasser Collection
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

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