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Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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)
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)
Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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)

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)

Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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_view2.jpg)

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_view2.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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_view3.jpg)

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_view3.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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_view4.jpg)

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_view4.jpg)

Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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_view5.jpg)

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_view5.jpg)

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Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Sioux
MEDIUM Catlinite, wood, feather, tin, brass nails, porcupine quills, silk ribbon
DATES late 19th century
DIMENSIONS 30 1/2 x 6 x 3 in. (77.5 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 38.634a-b
CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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)
IMAGE overall, CUR.38.634_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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Sioux. <em>Pipe with Carved Turtle, Buffalo, and Elk</em>, 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)

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