Catlinite Pipe Bowl
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. J L. French
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A RIGHT ANGLE PIPE BOWL OF RED CATLINITE, WITH A REALISTIC FACE CARVED ON THE FRONT OF THE BOWL. 'THE STYLE OF CARVING IN THIS SPECIMEN APPEARS TO ME TO RESEMBLE THAT OF DOCUMENTED PORTRAIT PIPES IN CATLINITE OF THE PERIOD 1870-90 PRESERVED IN COLLECTIONS ELSEWHERE, AND KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN THE WORK OF A DAKOTA INDIAN, PROBABLY A SANTEE, OF THAT PERIOD, AND THAT IT MAY BE INTENDED TO BE A LIKENESS OF A PARTICULAR WHITE MAN KNOWN TO THE OWNER.' - JOHN EWERS 1972. ILLUS.: EWERS, JOHN C., PLAINS INDIAN SCULPTURE; FIG. 64, PG. 86."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Apr 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Dakota
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Santee (Isanti) Dakota (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 048586
label: USNM Number
content: EL6010-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5.46 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.71 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 3.43 cm