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A SIOUX WOOD AND STONE PIPE
composed of a wood stem of expanding, flattened rectangular section, with tubular bone (?) mouthpiece, decorated with brass wire, brass tacks, and red-dyed horsehair secured with sinew, inset into a catlinite bowl, of cylindrical section, with lead inlay
Length: 37½ in. (95.3 cm.) overall (2)
composed of a wood stem of expanding, flattened rectangular section, with tubular bone (?) mouthpiece, decorated with brass wire, brass tacks, and red-dyed horsehair secured with sinew, inset into a catlinite bowl, of cylindrical section, with lead inlay
Length: 37½ in. (95.3 cm.) overall (2)
Literature
Illustrated in Waldlandindianer und Bisonjager Nordamerikas, page 19 and in Die Prarieindianer Nordamerikas 1840 - 1890, plate 10.
Exhibited
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 - 31, 1971; Jan. 26 - Mar. 3, 1976