By exchange

Black steatite pipe bowl with a serrated projection decoration on the short stem portion and grooves around the pipe bowl..

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

This double pipe bowl has a wonderfully carved foliate design on one of the bowls and the ridged decorative projection. It would have had stem(s) inserted into it when smoking, probably wooden.

Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks

Whereas this bowl is not finely carved it does have an interesting four face motif around the black steatite pipe bowl.Unknown whether it was collected by Jarvis Sr. or Jarvis Jr.

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

THE JARVIS COLLECTION
The articles in this case and the adjacent clothing case [see 50.67.6] 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. Most items were made by the Eastern and Middle Dakota (Sioux) or by the peoples of the Red River region, including the Red River Métis, Anishinabe, Plains Cree, and Salteaux. Some of the objects were purchased by Jarvis, and others may have been given to him in exchange for his medical services.

By the early nineteenth century, the growing numbers of white settlers and military personnel—following decades of fur trading—had depleted much of the game on which the Dakota and Red River peoples depended. Indigenous ingenuity in combining trade materials such as cloth, metal, and glass beads with traditional hides, pipestone, and porcupine and bird quills is evident in these objects.

This pair of moccasins is made of hide with beaded geometric designs in green, yellow and white. There are two beaded cross motifs (possibly a star) on the vamp of each moccasin. The triangular design down the front might indicate deer hoof, rope, person, rope deer hoof or buffalo hoof. The sinuous beding along the side may indicate pathways. Note: design signification cannot be definately determined as abstract designs can mean different things according to each maker.The cuff of each moccasin has been cut into points. Condition fair. Beadwork stable. Cuffs are slightly stiff.

This is called a frame hand drum. There is a modern scarf tied around the hide struts in the back where a person would hold it.In very poor condition.