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Lot 30
Sale 930 - Native American Art, Session I
Sep 17, 2021
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Sioux Catlinite Pipe Bowl and Tobacco Bag, with Inscription: From Chief Joseph to Sitting Bull to Lt. Kennedy
fourth quarter 19th century
lot of 2, includes:
a T-shaped catlinite pipe bowl, with tapered anterior projection; carved inscription reads, FROM CHIEF JOSEPH NEZ PERCE TO SITTING BULL SIOUX. FROM SITTING BULL TO LT KENNEDY
length 6-1/2 inches x height 3-1/8 inches
a thread and sinew-sewn hide tobacco bag; with remnants of quilled rawhide slats and beaded geometric design in colors of red white-heart, cobalt, pea green, greasy yellow, periwinkle, and white
overall length 22-1/4 inches