Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Wa-Na-Ta (Wanata [The Charger], Yanktonnai Nakota, ca. 1795-1848); acquired by C. P. Burroughs (of the British Army) before 1837; formerly in the collection of Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973); acquired by MAI in 1967, possibly through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Yanktonnai Nakota
- Previous owner
- Wa-Na-Ta (Wanata [The Charger]/Waanatan), Yanktonnai Nakota, ca. 1795-1848
- C. P. Burroughs, Non-Indian
- David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
- Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
- Object Name
- Pipestem
- Media/Materials
- Wood, porcupine quills, horsehair
- Techniques
- Quill-wrapped (flat)
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
