Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk

Sioux

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Caption

Sioux. Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk, late 19th century. Catlinite, wood, feather, tin, brass nails, porcupine quills, silk ribbon, 30 1/2 x 6 x 3 in. (77.5 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.634a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.634_view1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Sioux

Title

Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk

Date

late 19th century

Medium

Catlinite, wood, feather, tin, brass nails, porcupine quills, silk ribbon

Classification

Ceremonial

Dimensions

30 1/2 x 6 x 3 in. (77.5 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm)

Credit Line

Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

38.634a-b

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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