Culture/People

Eastern Band of Cherokee

Auction venue

Williams, Barker, & Severn Co.

Previous owner

(unknown first name) Moss, Non-Indian

Object Name

Pipe bowl

Media/Materials

Stone

Techniques

Carved, drilled

Object Type

Pipes and Smoking

Place

Qualla, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County; North Carolina; USA

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the “Moss collection” and said to have been purchased at an auction held by the Williams, Barker & Severn Company (Chicago, Illinois), probably before 1947; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1968.

Catalog Number

24/943

Barcode

240943.000

See related items

Eastern Band of Cherokee

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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