A Santee Sioux Wood Pipestem

of expanding rectangular form with an unusual rounded section, painted on each side with dark green pigment, the mid-body wrapped with a fringed-hide pendant, decorated with porcupine quillwork dyed in orange, black and bluish-green, with a pattern of undulating bands.

Ted Trotta, Shrub Oak, New York

Jim Ritchie, Toledo, Ohio

Acquired from Paul Gray, Old Chatham, New York, 2002

American Indian Art Magazine, v. 27, no. 3, inside front cover.

John W. Painter, A Window On The Past, Volume Two, 2003, pp. 30 - 31, no. 87, illustrated