Lot 138
138
TWO NORTHERN PLAINS STONE PIPE BOWLS: one of black stone and elaborate outline, pierced and inset on each side with panels of lead and catlinite, old label; the other of catlinite with flared stem and bowl

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TWO NORTHERN PLAINS STONE PIPE BOWLS: one of black stone and elaborate outline, pierced and inset on each side with panels of lead and catlinite, old label; the other of catlinite with flared stem and bowl
13.5cm. and 21.5cm. wide (2)
Provenance
Alexander Grant Dallas (1816-1882)

Lot Essay

Cf.Alexander et al., 1983, no.45, for a similar black stone pipe bowl attributed to the Cree and dated circa 1860

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