Sioux council pipe. File burnt and brass tacked with much patina from use. Original and matching catlinite T bowl having pewter inlay. Tacks are square shanked (x-rayed), pre-reservation piece not carried, but used only in the chief's lodge, well smoked. If this one could tell stories! An important and serious investment piece.
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native American
SIZE: Overall 44", 36" stem, Bowl 9 1/2" x 5"