Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8903068

Category: Pipe Bowls-Pipe Stems

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Santee

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Ash wood; dyed and natural bird quills, dyed horsehair; sinew.

Description: Flat stem with carved and cutout sections at lower end which have been decorated with wrapped quillwork.

Dimensions: Length 28.5 inches 72.5 cm; Width 2.25 inches 5.7 cm.

Provenance:

Collected by Milford Chandler
Chandler-Pohrt Collection
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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