A WESTERN GREAT LAKES PIPE. c. 1860... (Total: 2 Items)

Description

A WESTERN GREAT LAKES PIPE
c. 1860 composed of an ash wood stem, carved with "twisted" and flattened rectangular sections, the flattened top side decorated with hot file branding and incised "ribbon work" inset with rocker-engraved and stamped German silver geometric forms, the underside incised with a chain of quartered diamonds and linear zigzag designs, the twisted section with similar silver work along the lower edges; fitted into a T-shaped catlinite pipe bowl, with stippled floral and foliate designs

Provenance:
Collected by the current owner's grandfather, Angus Samuel Nicholson, Gov't. Agent on the Menominee Indian Reservation from 1910 - 1916.

Length: 41 ½ inches overall*

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