Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edwin W. Countryman (1872-1946, a Buffalo, New York, attorney); acquired by Reuben B. Oldfield (1878-1954, a collector of Indian items from Bath, New York) at an unknown date; purchased from Reuben Oldfield by Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, Chairman and CEO of IBM) in 1947; transferred to the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences at an unknown date; donated to MAI by the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Edwin W. Countryman, Non-Indian, 1872-1946
- Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
- Previous seller
- Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
- Previous owner
- Thomas J. Watson (Thomas C. Watson), Non-Indian, 1874-1956
- IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
- Donor
- IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl and pipestem
- Media/Materials
- Catlinite/pipestone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
