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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.