12-01-201612-01-2016
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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2964BBoston
December 1, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Plains Bird Head Pipe Stem

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$2,829$2,300
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2964BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 01, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Plains Bird Head Pipe Stem, c. last half 19th century, the ash stem partly wrapped with brass and copper and decorated with three carved horn bird heads, two with crests, dark patina, lg. 21 in.

Provenance: Collected by George Tibbitts in the 1880s.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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Keywords

George Tibbitts