Great Lakes Carved Stone Bird Effigy Pipe Bowl

Description:

Great Lakes Carved Stone Bird Effigy Pipe Bowl, Ojibwe, third quarter 19th century, black stone with lead and red stone inlay, old label reads "Winnebago Saux Fox Menomini 1850-75," lg. 6 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Oyster Bay, New York; John Molloy Gallery, New York.
Estimate $6,000-8,000


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