Pipe bowl and pipestem
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sioux
label: Possible owner
content: Chief Tecumseh (Tecumtha/Tekamthi/Shooting Star/Tekoomse/The One Who Passes Across Intervening Space from One Point to Another), Shawnee, 1768-1813
label: Previous owner
content: Mr. Payny, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Sidney Sanderson, Non-Indian, 1814-1884
label: Previous owner
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
label: Donor
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but the pipe bowl is said to have belonged to Chief Tecumseh (Shawnee, 1768-1813); formerly in the collection of Mr. Payny (of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin); given by him to Sidney Sanderson (1814-1884, a Brooklyn, New York, businessman) in 1848; presented by Sanderson to the Long Island Historical Society in 1863; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1920; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: 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: 10/1760
label: Barcode
content: 101760.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe bowl and pipestem
label: Media/Materials
content: Catlinite/pipestone, lead, wood, porcupine quills
label: Techniques
content: Carved, quill-wrapped (braided), quill-wrapped (flat)