Pipe Stem, ca. 1865

  • Chippewa, Native American

Wood (possibly maple) with porcupine quills

  • Overall: 3/8 × 28 5/8 × 2 inches (1 × 72.7 × 5.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.752

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 160.

Chippewa, Native American, Pipe Stem, ca. 1865, wood (possibly maple) with porcupine quills. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.752.