Pipe Bowl, Eastern Sioux, ca. 1840
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1840
Pipe bowl in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2011.154.112), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it ca.
1840 and records its origin as Eastern Sioux; United States. The museum records the medium as Catlinite, black stone, metal and the dimensions as H. 2 x 4 1/2 in. (5.1 x 11.4 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Male Nudes, Female Nudes. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Catlinite, black stone, metal
- Dimensions
- H. 2 x 4 1/2 in. (5.1 x 11.4 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- United States
- Culture recorded
- Eastern Sioux
Identification
- Met object id
- 319143
- Museum object name
- Pipe bowl
- Museum object number
- 2011.154.112
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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