Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Helen Fahnestock Hubbard (1872-1955, a noted New York City philanthropist); donated to MAI by Helen Fahnestock Hubbard in 1938 in memory of her daughter Helen Campbell Michalis (1897-1933).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Helen Fahnestock Hubbard (Mrs. John Hubbard), Non-Indian, 1872-1955
- Donor
- Helen Fahnestock Hubbard (Mrs. John Hubbard), Non-Indian, 1872-1955
- Honoree
- Helen C. Michalis (Mrs. Clarence G. Michalis), Non-Indian, 1897-1933
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl and pipestem
- Media/Materials
- Wood, catlinite/pipestone, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill-wrapped (braided), quill-wrapped (flat)
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
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