Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9100004

Category: Pipe Bowls-Pipe Stems

Region: Northeast

Tribe: Ojibwa-Chippewa - Eastern Ojibwa

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Pine wood; brass tacks; silk ribbon; red, black and yellow paint.

Description: Puzzle stem with cutout designs - diamond, sun, four pointed star, etc., and engraved decorations - arrows, V forms, etc. Upper surface painted black with engraved lines painted red; bottom surface painted yellow.

Dimensions: Length 39.875 inches 101cm; Width 2.375 inches 6.1 cm.

Provenance:

Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 99

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