Lot 236

Circa 1870 Sioux Horse Head Effigy Pipe & Stem

Estimate: $850 - $1,500

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This is a beautiful circa 1870 Sioux pipe with horse head effigy catlinite bowl and wood stem from the ex-collections of Erich Erdoes Buffalo Tracks and Skinner Auctions. The pipe shows a horse head effigy carving "elbow" pattern carved from catlinite pipestone. The horses mane shows on the pipe as a wide blade like ridge with serrated back and is painted "Souix" in white paint from an old collector / musuem, with a later museum number next to it. The pipe bas deep red to speckled pink coloring with a well smoked, nicely patina'd bowl. The stem is carved wood and appears to be an old, original 19th-century example. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Erich Erdoes of Buffalo Tracks an ATADA member (Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association) and Skinners Auction. Pipe overall measures 18.75-inches long, bowl by itself is 2.5" by 2.75". The piece comes with a custom metal museum style display stand.

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