PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALICE K. AND DAVID W. CLARK, JR.
A SIOUX WOOD PIPE TAMPER
Details
A SIOUX WOOD PIPE TAMPER
with long shaft tapering to a point, surmounted by a mountain sheep effigy, carved in relief, with black pigment and ribbed curving horns
Length: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
with long shaft tapering to a point, surmounted by a mountain sheep effigy, carved in relief, with black pigment and ribbed curving horns
Length: 17 in. (43.2 cm.)
Literature
Illustrated in Plains Indian Sculpture by John C. Ewers, page 117, figure 108.