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Pipe tamper  (Pipes and Smoking)  "circa 1880"

Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian



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Time Period:

1870-1890

Materials:

Wood

Techniques:

Carved

Dimensions:

43 x 1 cm

Cultures:

American Indians, Central Plains, Kiowa, Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux), Native Americans, North America, Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), Plains, Southern Plains

State:

South Dakota

Country:

USA

Collection History:

Purchased for MAI from Mrs. Roberts (Anadarko, Oklahoma) by MAI director Frederick J. Dockstader (1919-1998) in 1968; identified at that time as the former property of Poor Buffalo (possibly Mathew Poor Buffalo, Oglala Lakota, c. 1866-1929), but "Poor Buffalo" probably refers to the Kiowa leader Pa'ta'dal (ca. 1840-1903) who led the Kiowa Ghost Dance and was called Lean Bull or Poor Buffalo by non-Indians.

Source ID:

NMAI_258180

Catalog Number:

24/2459

Album Name:

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