Important Sioux Pipe
Circa 1880
Pipe stem length 25" bowl 9 1/2" length
Provenance: Santa Fe Trade
Robert Pamplin Jr. Oregon
An ash stem which is hollowed and carved with a series of animal head forms, an elk, turtle, and mountain sheep.The smoking end of the stem is decorated with a wrapping made from porcupine quills with the addition of silk ribbon, horsehair and mallard head skin. The quill wrapping is comprised of a red field with alternating purple bars framed in orange. The accompanying "T" shaped bowl is inlaid at each end with rings of pewter. Known as a "Standing Rock Pipe" , a similar example is in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 39-30-10//18/18206 and illustrated in the landmark book "Visions of the People, A Pictorial History of Plains Indian Life", The Minneapolis Institute of Arts p.135
Circa 1880
Pipe stem length 25" bowl 9 1/2" length
Provenance: Santa Fe Trade
Robert Pamplin Jr. Oregon
An ash stem which is hollowed and carved with a series of animal head forms, an elk, turtle, and mountain sheep.The smoking end of the stem is decorated with a wrapping made from porcupine quills with the addition of silk ribbon, horsehair and mallard head skin. The quill wrapping is comprised of a red field with alternating purple bars framed in orange. The accompanying "T" shaped bowl is inlaid at each end with rings of pewter. Known as a "Standing Rock Pipe" , a similar example is in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 39-30-10//18/18206 and illustrated in the landmark book "Visions of the People, A Pictorial History of Plains Indian Life", The Minneapolis Institute of Arts p.135
Circa 1880
Pipe stem length 25" bowl 9 1/2" length
Provenance: Santa Fe Trade
Robert Pamplin Jr. Oregon
An ash stem which is hollowed and carved with a series of animal head forms, an elk, turtle, and mountain sheep.The smoking end of the stem is decorated with a wrapping made from porcupine quills with the addition of silk ribbon, horsehair and mallard head skin. The quill wrapping is comprised of a red field with alternating purple bars framed in orange. The accompanying "T" shaped bowl is inlaid at each end with rings of pewter. Known as a "Standing Rock Pipe" , a similar example is in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 39-30-10//18/18206 and illustrated in the landmark book "Visions of the People, A Pictorial History of Plains Indian Life", The Minneapolis Institute of Arts p.135