Catlinite Pipe-Stem
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: Cataloged as "Probably Kiowa" (on the catalog card) but "Catlinite carving not typical of Kiowa. Old USNM catalog number 166082. This specimen was collected by James Mooney for or at the World Columbian Exposition [of 1893]. No tribal designation given." (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Notes
content: From card: "Undecorated except for edge end which is carved into rectangles and the center portion is for 2 3/4" also rectangular. Old U.S.N.M. Cat. No. 166,082."
label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book indicates that catlinite pipes E166081 and E166082 were given/lent by James Mooney to William Henry Holmes/the Smithsonian for the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) of 1893. They were not identified as to culture/locality, though have been stored with/as Plains style. E166082 seems to have subsequently left the Smithsonian, and was acquired by Victor Justice Evans, and then reentered the Smithsonian collections as part of the Evans collection/bequest. A catlinite pipe bowl formerly 166082 was given number E359719 in the Evans collection and identified as possibly Sioux. A catlinite pipe stem formerly 166082 was given number E359716 in the Evans collection and identified as possibly Kiowa, though the Kiowa identification has subsequently been questioned. As of 2018, the pipe bowl and pipe stem have been stored together.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa (?)
label: Culture
content: Not given
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E359716-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe