Pipe bowl and pipestem

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Date created: circa 1850

Culture/People: Eastern Shoshone
Previous owner: Chief Washakie (Shoots-on-the-Run/The Rattle/Shoots the Buffalo Running), Lemhi Shoshone/Salish (Flathead), ca. 1806-1900; Colonel Richard H. Wilson (Richard Hulbert Wilson), Non-Indian, 1856-1937; Mary H. Wilson (Mary H. Pascual), Non-Indian, 1903-2001
Seller: Mary H. Wilson (Mary H. Pascual), Non-Indian, 1903-2001

Collection History: Formerly owned by Chief Washakie (Lemhi Shoshone/Salish [Flathead], ca. 1806-1900) and said to have been used at a treaty conference in 1850; presented by Chief Washakie to Colonel Richard H. Wilson (1856-1937) circa 1899 when Colonel Wilson was an Indian agent at Fort Washakie; inherited by Colonel Wilson's daughter Mary H. Wilson (Mary H. Pascual, 1903-2001); purchased by MAI from Mary H. Wilson in 1941.
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Place: Wind River Reservation; Fremont County, Hot Springs County; Wyoming; USA

See related items: Eastern Shoshone; Pipes and Smoking
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Nation to Nation, Serious Diplomacy

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 20/3667
Barcode: 203667.000

Object Type: Pipes and Smoking

Object Name: Pipe bowl and pipestem
Media/Materials: Catlinite/pipestone, lead, wood, feather/feathers, porcupine quills, mallard duck skin/skins, horsehair, cotton twine/string, dye/dyes
Techniques: Carved, inlaid, dyed, quill-wrapped (braided), wrapped
Dimensions: 61.3 x 9.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws674b96d55-7a4a-4f9e-9f9c-e1dc0c713829

Record ID: NMAI_217503