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Pipe bowl

Object Details

Collection History
Probably collected between 1890 and 1896 by Thisba Hutson Morgan (1872-1966), a teacher at the Pine Ridge reservation school and wife of Bureau of Indian Affairs employee Howell Morgan (1863-1952); inherited by their son Cecil Morgan (1898-1999); donated to MAI by Cecil Morgan in 1983.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
probably Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) (attributed)
Collector
Thisba Hutson Morgan (Thisba Ann Hutson), Non-Indian, 1872-1966
Previous owner
Thisba Hutson Morgan (Thisba Ann Hutson), Non-Indian, 1872-1966
Cecil Morgan, Non-Indian, 1898-1999
Donor
Cecil Morgan, Non-Indian, 1898-1999
Date created
1880-1895
Object Name
Pipe bowl
Media/Materials
Catlinite/pipestone
Techniques
Carved, polished, drilled
Dimensions
18.4 x 11 cm
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
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