An Osage Catlinite Pipe Bowl

of rectangular section, the unusual drum-shaped bowl decorated with lead or pewter inlays, in the form of a "four-directional" design on one side and an eight-pointed star on the other, the shank with additional inlays, in the form of an arrowhead and two pincer claws (inlay missing on one).

John W. Painter, A Window On The Past, Volume Two, 2003, p. 34, no. 91, illustrated