Culture/People

Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]

Artist/Maker

Thomas Swimmer, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1914-2003

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Medicine Man Crafts (Medicine Man Craft Shop), 1967-

Object Name

Pipe bowl and pipestem

Media/Materials

Steatite/soapstone, wood

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

29.0 x 3.2 x 3.5 cm

Object Type

Pipes and Smoking

Place

Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)

Date created

1971

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Medicine Man Craft Shop (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1972; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

26/647

Barcode

260647.000

See related items

Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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