Inlaid Pipe Bowl with Two Faces
Item number 50.67.104 from the Brooklyn Museum.
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Description
This thick set, red catlinite pipe is carved so that the actual bowl section, where tobacco would be inserted, is carved with two human faces, one placed facing the smoker and the other at the back of the bowl. Bands of lead are inlaid around the bowl and the short section meant to connect to the stem. There are remnants of where another figure was attached to the topside of the short stem.
Inscribed
"Ornamented War Chief's Pipe (Sisseton Sioux)"
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Label
The Jarvis Collection of Native American Plains Art
The articles in this case and the adjacent clothing case are some of the earliest and finest Eastern Plains pieces in existence. They were collected by Dr. Nathan Sturges Jarvis, a military surgeon stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between 1833 and 1836. He purchased some of the objects, while some may have been given in exchange for his medical services. These works display indigenous people’s ingenuity in combining trade materials such as cloth, metal, and glass beads with traditional hides, red pipestone, and porcupine and bird quills.
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1825
What
- Name
- Inlaid Pipe Bowl with Two Faces
- Identification Number
- 50.67.104
- Type of Item
- pipe bowl and face
- Material
- catlinite and lead
- Overall
- length 3.0 in, width 5.0 in, height 3.0 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
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