Carved Black Pipe Bowl and Stem

Sioux

Caption

Sioux. Carved Black Pipe Bowl and Stem, 19th century. Steatite or chlorite, porcupine quills, horsehair, bird scalp, 4 1/2 x 38 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 97.2 x 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.97a-b.

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Sioux

Title

Carved Black Pipe Bowl and Stem

Date

19th century

Medium

Steatite or chlorite, porcupine quills, horsehair, bird scalp

Classification

Smoking/Drugs

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 38 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 97.2 x 11.4 cm)

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Accession Number

50.67.97a-b

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