Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8903121

Category: Pipe Bowls-Pipe Stems

Region: Plains

Tribe: Pawnee

Period: 1825-1850 - ca. 1830

Materials: Catlinite; lead

Description: Human head effigy forms bowl of pipe; lead inlay around neck and front of shank. Short crest on shank.

Dimensions: Length 4.625 inches 11/7 cm; Height 2.875 inches 7.3 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 101

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