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Lot 309

An Upper Missouri River quilled pipe stem

19 June 2017, 11:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$20,000 - US$30,000

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An Upper Missouri River quilled pipe stem

Possibly Dakota, the long tapered ash stem with dark brown, white, and red plaited quill wrapping at one end length of stem, together with a catlinite pipe bowl, of "L" form, with ridged bands at either end.
length of pipe 38 3/8in, length of bowl 4 1/4in

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Provenance
For the stem, the Peabody Essex Museum, sold at Skinner's American Indian & Ethnographic Arts, September 23 2007, lot 146

For reference, see Grimes, John R. et al, Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum, 2002, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, p.177, where a similar pipe in the Museum's collection is discussed at length

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