Carved Black Pipe Bowl and Stem
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Steatite or chlorite, porcupine quills, horsehair, bird scalp
DATES
19th century
DIMENSIONS
4 1/2 x 38 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 97.2 x 11.4 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
50.67.97a-b
CREDIT LINE
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; 1835, possibly gift of Black Dog of the Mdewakanton tribe to Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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