Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Chief Washakie (Lemhi Shoshone/Salish [Flathead], ca. 1806-1900) and said to have been used at a treaty conference in 1850; presented by Chief Washakie to Colonel Richard H. Wilson (1856-1937) circa 1899 when Colonel Wilson was an Indian agent at Fort Washakie; inherited by Colonel Wilson's daughter Mary H. Wilson (Mary H. Pascual, 1903-2001); purchased by MAI from Mary H. Wilson in 1941.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Eastern Shoshone
- Previous owner
- Chief Washakie (Shoots-on-the-Run/The Rattle/Shoots the Buffalo Running), Lemhi Shoshone/Salish (Flathead), ca. 1806-1900
- Colonel Richard H. Wilson (Richard Hulbert Wilson), Non-Indian, 1856-1937
- Mary H. Wilson (Mary H. Pascual), Non-Indian, 1903-2001
- Seller
- Mary H. Wilson (Mary H. Pascual), Non-Indian, 1903-2001
- Date created
- circa 1850
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl and pipestem
- Media/Materials
- Catlinite/pipestone, lead, wood, feather/feathers, porcupine quills, mallard duck skin/skins, horsehair, cotton twine/string, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid, dyed, quill-wrapped (braided), wrapped
- Dimensions
- 61.3 x 9.7 cm
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
