Chief's Pipe Stem
Arts of the Americas
CULTURE
Sioux
MEDIUM
Wood, pigment, porcupine quills, horsehair, bird scalps, buckskin
DATES
early 19th century
DIMENSIONS
33 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 3/4 in. (85.7 x 7 x 1.9 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
"Chief's pipe stem, Sioux"
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
50.67.115
CREDIT LINE
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Flat, wooden pipe stem, painted blue-green at the bowl end. The end nearer the mouth piece is decorated with a combination of colored lines which are narrow strips of braided quillwork wrapped around to encircle the flat stem. These strips are carefully planned to create a striped design from the combination of narrow bands as they are stacked or lined up one after the other. The design is red, white, blue, and black on one side and different on the reverse, consisting largely of black triangles tipped with short horizontal bands and offset by long horizontal bands. The bands are colored blackish-purple, orange and white. A hide strap is covered with long white bird quill wrapped fringes. Red horsehair is tied on at both ends of the quillwork and bird scalps are also attached.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Sioux. Chief's Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, porcupine quills, horsehair, bird scalps, buckskin, 33 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 3/4 in. (85.7 x 7 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.115. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 50.67.112_50.67.113_50.67.115_group_glass_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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