Pipe bowl and pipestem
date: label: Date created
content: 1840-1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Ponca
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Standing Bear (Ma-Chu-Nu-Zhe/Mon-Chu-Non-Zhin/Mantcunanjin), Ponca, ca. 1834-1908
label: Previous owner
content: Thomas H. Tibbles, Non-Indian, 1840-1928
label: Previous owner
content: May Tibbles Barris (Mary D. Tibbles/Mrs. James Allen Barris), Non-Indian, 1870-1942
label: Previous owner
content: Chester K. Barris, Non-Indian, 1898-1956
label: Previous owner
content: Vivien K. Barris (Mrs. Chester K. Barris/Vivian Barris), Non-Indian, 1906-1990
label: Donor
content: Vivien K. Barris (Mrs. Chester K. Barris/Vivian Barris), Non-Indian, 1906-1990
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Chief Standing Bear (Ponca, ca. 1834-1908); presented to Thomas H. Tibbles (1840-1928, a journalist and Indian-rights activist) at an unknown date; inherited by his daughter May (Mary) Tibbles Barris (Mrs. James Allen Barris, 1870-1942); inherited by May Tibbles' son Chester K. Barris (1898-1956); inherited by Chester's widow, Vivien Keltner Barris (1906-1990); donated to MAI by Mrs. Vivien K. Barris in 1968.
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place: label: Place
content: Niobrara; Knox County; Nebraska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ponca
label: See related items
content: Pipes and Smoking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/1111
label: Barcode
content: 241111.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe bowl and pipestem
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone, lead, wood, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid, lathed, painted