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Lot 26
Mi'kmaq Steatite Pipe Bowl
Sale 987 - Native American Art, Session I
Apr 15, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
Price Realized
$750
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Lot Description
Mi'kmaq Steatite Pipe Bowl
early 19th century
tulip-shaped bowl with enlarged keel; Indian Pipe is etched onto one side and accession number 43.3857 inked above
height 4.25 inches x width 2.75 inches
Similar examples are published in George West's Tobacco, Pipes, and Smoking Customs of the American Indian (1934: plate 171, fig. 5, 6).