Lakota (Sioux)
Pipe Head and Stem
Lakota Sioux, 1800-1899
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Lakota (Sioux)
Pipe Head and Stem
Lakota Sioux, 1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Red catlinite, wood, a (head): 2 13/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (7.2 × 13.3 × 2.8 cm.)
b (stem): 16 5/16 × 1 1/8 × 3/8 in. (41.5 × 2.8 × 1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number
1985.137a-b
Ralph Case (father-in-law- of donor) collected beginning probably in early 30s, perhaps earlier. Acted as attorney for the Sioux nation in suit against U.S. Government from 1932 to 1966. Was born on a Sioux reservation (c. 1880s/90s); son of a frontier sheriff. (Information from donor, 1984)
