Pipe tamper
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Kiowa (attributed); formerly identified as Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Mrs. Roberts, Non-Indian
label: Previous seller
content: Mrs. Roberts, Non-Indian
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Frederick J. Dockstader (FJD), Non-Indian, 1912-1998
label: Possible owner
content: Poor Buffalo (Mathew Poor Buffalo), Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), ca. 1866-1929
label: Possible owner
content: Poor Buffalo (Pa'ta'dal /Pau-tautle-ty), Kiowa, ca. 1840-1903
label: Possible seller
content: Roberts Indian Crafts and Supplies
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased for MAI from Mrs. Roberts (Anadarko, Oklahoma, possibly one of the owners of Roberts Indian Crafts and Supplies) by MAI director Frederick J. Dockstader (1912-1998) in 1968; identified at that time as the former property of Poor Buffalo (possibly Mathew Poor Buffalo, Oglala Lakota, c. 1866-1929), but "Poor Buffalo" probably refers to the Kiowa leader Pa'ta'dal (ca. 1840-1903) who led the Kiowa Ghost Dance and was called Lean Bull or Poor Buffalo by non-Indians.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Kiowa
label: See related items
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala 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: 24/2459
label: Barcode
content: 242459.000
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: 43 x 1 cm