09-10-200509-10-2005
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2291Boston
September 10, 2005 10:00 AMCalender
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Three Central Plains Pipes

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$2,233$1,900
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2291Location: BostonDate / Time: September 10, 2005 10:00AM

Description:

Three Central Plains Pipes, Lakota, c. 1900, the first with a catlinite faceted stem, the bowl in the form of a seated person holding a keg (?),with incised detail including a hand on one side; the second with painted and carved wood stem depicting a snake, (catlinite bowl damaged); the third with a catlinite bowl in the form of an acorn, with short wooden stem, lg. to 19 1/2 in.

Provenance: Charles Pierce, superintendent of Indian schools west of the Mississippi River in the early 20th century, descended in the family.
Estimate $500-700

Keywords

Mississippi River, Charles Pierce, superintendent , Mississippi, superintendent of Indian schools