Pipe Bowl

CultureWestern Great Lakes or Eastern Plains, Lower Rock River region, Illinois

Dateca. 1750

MediumPipestone (catlinite) and lead

DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 5/8 inches (6.67 × 3.49 × 4.13 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: Kay and John Callison Art Acquisition Fund

Object number2019.41

On View

Not on view

Collections

North American Indian Art

Terms

DescriptionCarved pipestone pipe bowl representing the head of a child with an inlaid lead "headband" surrounding the bowl head.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from Steve Elwood, Decorah, IA by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

Published References

Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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