Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013, Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, New York); acquired by MAI in 1964 through an exchange with Merton Simpson.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Merton D. Simpson, Non-Indian, 1928-2013
- Date created
- circa 1890
- Object Name
- Pipe bowl and pipestem
- Media/Materials
- Catlinite/pipestone, wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, cutout, painted
- Dimensions
- 89 x 16 x 6 cm
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
