Red Stone Pipe Inlaid With Metal.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INLAID WITH METAL. STEM WORKED WITH PORCUPINE QUILLS. ILLUS.: EWERS, JOHN C. PLAINS INDIAN SCULPTURE; PL. 10, PG. 22 AND FIG. 84, PG. 100. IDENTIFIED THERE AS CATLINITE PIPE WITH LEAD INLAY DEPICTING CHIEF OFFERING LIQUOR TO FOLLOWER, SANTEE SIOUX, DATING TO BEFORE 1841. LENT TO THE MINNEAPOLIS 8-13-92. LOAN RETURNED: AUG 26 1993."
label: Notes
content: Entered in the orginal ledger catalog as from the War Department with the location given as Valley of Missouri R. Length: 7.75"; Ht: 3.5"
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described on p. 36 of Torrence, Gaylord. 2014. The Plains Indians Artists of Earth and Sky. Skira. Christian Feest's catalogue entry notes about it: "An anonymous Santee master carver in the 1830s and 1840s created multiple renditions of a pipe bowl dealing with drinking, and at least five versions have survived in collections. Each one represents a new variant of his theme: a solitary drinker holding a keg of rum, two men sharing a drink, or an Indian begging a drink from another person seated at a table set with a bottle (Ewers 1987; Minellin 1992, 89, pls. 1, 16 - 18; Penney and Longfish 1994, 110). ... Among the hallmarks of the carver (found in two of the examples) is the representation of the head and paws of a dog on the prow and also very distinctive lead inlays, including images of bison hooves."
label: Notes
content: Annika Johnson, 2017, notes that the circular section above the dog on the prow of this pipe bowl resembles a steamboat sternwheel (the paddle wheel on the stern of a sternwheel paddle steamer). She also indicates that the pipe appears not to have been smoked.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: 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: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2622-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe