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Pipe bowl

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Henry W. Palm (1865-ca. 1944, a jeweler who worked in Sioux City, South Dakota, circa 1900, and later ran an Indian trading post in Albuquerque, New Mexico); purchased by MAI from Henry Palm in 1924.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
Previous owner
Henry W. Palm (H. W. Palm), Non-Indian, 1865-ca. 1944
Seller
Henry W. Palm (H. W. Palm), Non-Indian, 1865-ca. 1944
Object Name
Pipe bowl
Media/Materials
Catlinite/pipestone, stone, lead
Techniques
Inlaid
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
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