Pipe bowl and pipestem
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1790
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohawk
label: Artist/Maker
content: silver band by Hester Bateman, Non-Indian, 1709-1794
label: Previous owner
content: Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), Mohawk, ca. 1742-1807
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Caleb Benton, Non-Indian, 1758-1825
label: Previous owner
content: Evalina Benton Collier (Evalina DuBois Benton/Mrs. Frederick J. Collier), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Previous seller
content: Evalina Benton Collier (Evalina DuBois Benton/Mrs. Frederick J. Collier), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Mohawk leader Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea, ca. 1742-1807); presented to his friend Dr. Caleb Benton (1758-1825), a physician in Catskill, New York, at an unknown date; passed down through the Benton family and inherited by Caleb Benton's great granddaughter, Mrs. Evalina Benton Collier (Mrs. Frederick J. Collier, 1879-1949); purchased from Mrs. Collier by MAI in 1934 using funds donated by Joseph Keppler, Jr. (1872-1956, a long-time friend of George Heye).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohawk
label: See related items
content: Pipes and Smoking
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/6071
label: Barcode
content: 186071.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe bowl and pipestem
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, slate, silver, metal chain
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, dyed, quill plaiting/woven quillwork
label: Dimensions
content: 79 x 7 x 6 cm