Pipe Stem Item Number: 50.67.87 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
The ash wood pipe stem is carved, pierced and painted with red and blue-green paint. It is decorated with horsehair, a bird scalp, and a piece of silk ribbon. The original Jarvis inscription reads, "Indian Pipe Menominee."
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Pipe Stem
- Identification Number
- 50.67.87
- Type of Item
- pipe stem
- Material
- wood, pigment, horse hair, bird scalp and silk ribbon
- Overall
- length 36.0 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1825
Other
- Classification
- Smoking/Drugs