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Sioux Steatite Inlaid Pipe & Quilled Stem 19th

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Sioux Steatite Inlaid Pipe & Quilled Stem 19th
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Available for your pleasure is this extraordinary late 19th Century Sioux Native American Indian pipe bowl with quilled wood stem. The pipe bowl shows a solid black steatite material with wonderful red catlinite pipestone and pewter inlays in an artful pattern. The hand carved flat wood pipe stem has old trade clothe wraps, a wisp of old horsetail hair and artful porcupine quill work with mineral dyed red and natural white. The wood stem shows a red ocher mineral dyed finish and overall good condition. The pipe bowl is document as being authentic and pictured in the 2009 book, “The Mark Francis Collection of American Indian Art” on page 38 figure 60. The pipe bowl measures 5.5” L x 3” H. The stem measures 24” L and overall with the bowl is 30” L.