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Red Inlaid Double Pipe Bowl50.67.100e

Probably Eastern Sioux. Possibly made for trade as no evidence of use. This is a double pipe bowl made from red catlinite or pipestone with lead inlay at the pipe end and a serrated point at the bowl end.

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
catlinite and lead
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Red Pipe Bowl50.67.100d

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
catlinite
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Inlaid Red Pipe Bowl and Stem50.67.100c

This is a fine red catlinite or red pipestone pipe bowl with red inlays around each end and a delicately tapered shape.

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
catlinite and lead
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Inlaid Red Pipe Bowl50.67.100b

Possibly made for trade and never used.This catlinite (pipestone) pipe bowl has been inlaid with lead in a scrollwork design.

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
catlinite and lead
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Pipe Stem50.67.92

This is a long, wood pipe stem. Half way along it is straight and undecorated. In the center a decorated section of porcupine quills, horsehair and bird scalp preceeds a twisted form.

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
wood, porcupine quill, horse hair, bird scalp and buckskin
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Whistle with Carved Design of Long-beaked Water Bird50.67.91

This is a long, thin whistle with only one hole in the beak of a bird with metal tacks for eyes. The bird's head is carved at the end and painted blue-green on the outside and red on the inside. The nostril slits are also painted red. The stop is a piece of birch bark held in place with a sinew wrapping. Jarvis (the collector) original inscription reads, "Indian Flute Chippeway."

Culture
Chippewa and Sioux
Material
wood, birchbark, sinew, pigment and brass metal
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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War Chief's Carved Pipe Stem50.67.65

This is a flat pipe stem of the "trick" type. Geometrically shaped cutouts were made in the center of the stem and the un-initiated had to guess how the smoke traveled through it. Decorated with red and blue-green paint, it shows slash marks made with a hot metal file for added decoration.

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
wood and pigment
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Inlaid Black Pipe Bowl50.67.100a

Possibly made for trade as no evidence of use. This is a fine dark red pipe , catlinite (pipestone) inlaid with lead.

Culture
Sioux and Chippewa
Material
chlorite and metal
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Garter50.67.37d

This garter is loom woven probably without the use of a heddle. It has both the warp and weft made of thread with small seed beads. The beads are patterned with long lines of diamonds in black, yellow, and lavender. See other garters 50.67.37 a,b,c.shown in additional photogrpahs.

Culture
Chippewa, Hochunk and Plains
Material
thread, yarn and glass seed bead
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Beaded Bag, Shoulder BagE328762-0