Tomahawk tobacco pipe

Made:
1890-1910 in United States and Great Plains
maker:
Sioux people

Tobacco pipe, incomplete, mouthpiece missing, red catllinite stone, tomahawk pipe, late trade or tourist imitation of the trade tomahawk pipes produced by the English and French for export to America, particularly between 1770-1840, in three parts, bowl broken off, probably Sioux, Plains Indian, North American, 1890-1910

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A680219
Materials:
incomplete and catlinite
Measurements:
overall: 140 mm x 295 mm x 20 mm,
type:
tobacco pipe