The lot features a Pre-Indian Wars circa 1800-1850 steatite black stone Tulip-shaped bowl with pewter silver and catlinite pipestone inlay, slightly flared square keel with cutout details and is pierced for suspension drops from the American Indian; ex-Museum collection from the East Coast. This is an astounding Pre-Indian Wars era pipe bowl, these are often documented with the Nez Perce, Shoshone, Micmac and Blackfeet such as this example show carved dark maroon pipestone catlinite with blackstone steatite inlaid and set with silver pewter. This example shows the vase like Tulip-shaped bowl with the keeled fin off the bottom edge showing a leaf design further accenting the Tulip flower like design. The bottom shows four pierced holes with two upside “U” cutouts as well. Once side shows a long rectangular steatite black stone and the other on the stem side shows a diamond and two thin rectangular black stone steatite patterns which extend into the bowl. This is truly a finely inlaid example with early age. Provenance: From an ex-Museum collection from the East Coast where the piece was proudly displayed and authenticated. The pipe shows nice patina and signs of early use, overall well preserved with very minor stress cracks and deep patina from honest age and use. Measures overall 4.75-inches by 2.75-inches. For reference see the Micmac Steatite Pipw Bowl early-1ht-Century Marvin L. Lince collection sold by Cowan’s in 2013 for $12,300, Clem Caldwell’s Micmac Pipe sold by Tony Putty in 2012 for $6,497, the Pipe Bowl from the Ralph Michael Bustead Westropp (1813-1896) collection in the Smithsonian collection from the East or Woods Cree (pictured), and the1840-1860 Northern Plains Alberta, Saskatchewan Canada Nehiyawak pipe bowl in similar shape in the McCord Stewart Museum Montreal collection (pictured).