Artist:Eastern, Sioux
Medium: Ash wood, lead
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:early 19th century
Dimensions: 42 1/4 x 2 x 2 in. (107.3 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 50.67.93
Image: 50.67.93_detail1_SL4.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Carved ash wood pipe in a spiral form. Decoration with lead inlays; a fish appears inside one of the spiral curves, and the flat section on the end has four thunderbirds inlaid on one side and two buffalo heads and two animals (bears?) on the other side. The spiral section is further decorated with burn marks from a searing tool.