Pipe bowl and pipestem

Date created
1966
Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker
John Julius Wilnoty, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1940-2016
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1966; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
See related items
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Pipes and Smoking
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/648
Barcode
260648.000
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
Object Name
Pipe bowl and pipestem
Media/Materials
Steatite/soapstone, wood, commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, sinew
Techniques
Carved, stitched, strung
Dimensions
46.6 x 3.8 x 7.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c647b22b-e6b4-4ad4-aaee-72b7cd352d00
Record ID
NMAI_276815