Pipe Item Number: 1003/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Horizontal pipe with a T-shaped bowl carved from red stone with a long, black, wooden stem and a protruding mouthpiece. Stem features two short rows of metal tacks at both ends along either side of a groove carved up the stem's centre. Two small white stickers affixed to the stem.
Narrative
Stickers affixed to the stem say the pipe once 'belonged to Chief Whitecap of the Sioux reserve near Dundurn'. Chief Wapahaska, also known as Chief Whitecap, was one of the Dakota chiefs who led his people north, c. 1880, to settle in the area now known as the Whitecap Dakota First Nation.
Item History
- Made in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Owned by William E. Gale before October 24, 1984
- Received from William E. Gale (Donor) on October 24, 1984
What
Who
- Culture
- Dakota
- Previous Owner
- William E. Gale
- Received from
- William E. Gale (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Saskatchewan, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 24, 1984
- Acquisition Date
- on October 24, 1984
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1003/0006