Native American Indian artifact from the Warnock collection - Sioux

Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8308048

Category: Pipe Bowls-Pipe Stems

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Santee

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Catlinite

Description: Pipe is carved with an eagles's head forming the bowl; the head of a non-native is carved on the prow; there is a raised ridge at rear of base.

Dimensions: Length 7.5 inches 19 cm; Height 4 inches 10.2 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Akicita, The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, May 17, 1983 - July 10, 1983 Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 103