Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8903064

Category: Pipe Bowls-Pipe Stems

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Santee

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Ash wood; dyed and natural porcupine quills; silk ribbon; thread; sinew.

Description: Flat stem the lower portion decorated with a section of finely wrapped quillwork - multi-colored bands, crosses, sawtooth pattern, and image of a horse.

Dimensions: Length 28.625 72.7 cm; Width 2 inches 5.1 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 99

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