Horse Effigy Pipe Bowl
Former TitlePipe Bowl
CultureLakota, North or South Dakota
Dateca. 1890
MediumRed pipestone (catlinite)
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (11.43 × 26.67 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Kay and John Callison Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2022.31
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DescriptionRed stone pipe in the form of a galloping horse with slightly flared bowl emerging from its back, finely modeled and with incised detail, deep, rich patina from use.ProvenanceEx-collection Denmark;
Phillip and Patricia Marco, New York, New York;
"The Philip & Patricia Marco Collection," Skinner auction, Boston, February 10, 2017, sale 2983B, Lot 79, as "Sioux Running Horse Effigy Catlinite Pipe Bowl;"
Steve Elwood, Decorah, Iowa;
Purchased from Trotta-Bono, LTD by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2022.
John C. Ewers, "Plains Indian Sculpture: A Traditional Art from America's Heartland (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986): 68-69.
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