Pipe tamper
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux] (attributed)
label: Possible collector
content: Bishop George Biller, Non-Indian, 1874-1915
label: Possible collector
content: Edna Biller (Edna Peninger/Mrs. George Biller, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1879-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Bishop George Biller, Non-Indian, 1874-1915
label: Previous owner
content: Edna Biller (Edna Peninger/Mrs. George Biller, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1879-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Frank R. Jones (Frank Richard Jones), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
label: Previous owner
content: Kate Jones (Kate Muriel Biller/Mrs. Frank R. Jones), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Previous owner
content: Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997
label: Previous owner
content: Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
label: Donor
content: Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997
label: Donor
content: Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably collected by Reverend George Biller (1874-1915, an Episcopal minister who was also the Bishop of South Dakota from 1912 to 1915) or his wife Edna Peninger Biller (1879-1952) when they served on the Rosebud Reservation between 1908 and 1912; probably given by Edna Biller to her sister-in-law Kate Murial Biller Jones (1887-1972) and her husband, Reverend Frank Richard Jones (1876-1948), at an unknown date; inherited by Richard Gordon Taggart (1928-1997, a grandson of Kate and Richard Jones); donated to NMAI by Richard G. Taggart and his wife Doris Cyphers Taggart (1927-1997) in 1992.
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place: label: Place
content: Rosebud Reservation; Todd County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux]
label: See related items
content: Pipes and Smoking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/3884
label: Barcode
content: 253884.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tamper
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 15.5 x 1.5 cm