Sioux Pipe and Beaded and Quilled Fringed Hide Pipe Bag

the pipe, of cylindrical and flattend section, decorated at each end with brass tacks, fine aged patina overall, inset to a steatite bowl with catlinite and lead inlay, together with a hide tobacco bag, stitched with opaque and metal beads, with a pair of diamonds on one side, and a butterfly design on the other, surmounted by spot-stitched floral designs; a cut-hide section below wrapped in dyed porcupine quillwork.

Collected by Owen M. Boggess

By descent to the present owner

Pipe stem is in very good condition. Bowl shows signs of age and use with a small area of missing inlay on th epointed end. Bag is in very good condition although the hide is slightly soiled with light staining.
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Owen M. Boggess (1887-1960) served as a supervisor at the following agencies from 1919-1930: Crow, Cheyenne, Omaha, Mescalero and Hupa.