Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Pipe Stems (Sioux and Pawnee)
Object Number:
1872.23.212
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 212. / Pipe Stems. Sioux and Pawnee"; pipes numbered from upper to lower in graphite: 65 to 73
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin's reproduction of the carving and construction of Native American pipes; nine pipes with stems or 'calumets' decorated with geometric patterns of leather or woven wickerwork wrapping, spiral carved stems, feather and fur tassles
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
