Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg)
Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg)
Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_view2_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_view2_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_view3_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_view3_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_view1_acetate_bw.jpg)

Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_view1_acetate_bw.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Canine Effigy Pipe Stem

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Eastern, Sioux
MEDIUM Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers
  • Place Collected: Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States
    • DATES early 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 26 in. (66 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 50.67.85
    CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; by 1848, acquired by Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
    Provenance FAQ
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Pipe stem carved in the shape of an animal. The snout looks too long on this for it to be a dog. Possibly a wolf, coyote or fox. Two brass tacks serve as eyes and the neck and lips are fire-decorated. There was originally some bone hair trim; a bird scalp and blue feathers still remain near the center. The stem is painted red and blue-green. The original Jarvis (the collector) inscription reads "Indian pipe Uppo Miss."
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Eastern, Sioux. Canine Effigy Pipe Stem, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
    "CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
    You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
    RECORD COMPLETENESS
    Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
    Eastern, Sioux. <em>Canine Effigy Pipe Stem</em>, early 19th century. Wood, pigment, brass tacks, sinew, bird skin, blue jay feathers, 26 in. (66 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.85. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.85_SL3.jpg)

    TAGS

    dog
    crafted item
    craft
    wood
    carving
    wood carving

    TAGS

    dog
    crafted item
    craft
    wood
    carving
    wood carving

    RELATED OBJECTS

    Setter Landscape with Figures Kas Hammerstone Olla or Jar Chadwicks Dog Trinity Four Inca Kings: Tupac Yupanqui, Huayna Capac, Huascar Inca, Atahuallpa Burial Urn with Male Effigy Figure Kiddush Wine Cup Chiefs War Shirt Girl with Dog Market Scene Tray or Waiter Scrimshaw, Whales Tooth Scrimshaw, Whales Tooth Crucifix Sideboard Manco Capac, First Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings Tray Cane Medallion Wolfhound Plate with Insignia of FathAli Shah Cow in an Enclosure; A Dog Barking at Her (Vache paissant dans un enclos; un chien aboie après elle) Meudon, Val Fleuri Snuff Mortar (Tesa Ya Ma Kanya) Kuba Type Carpet Torah Pointer Blue Nailsea Bowl Cup and Saucer Shirt Mans Shirt Cut in European Style Pipe Shirt for Chiefs War Dress Pair of Leggings for Chiefs War Dress Strap Dress Decorated Shirt Pair of Red and Brown Striped Leggings for Chiefs Dress Chiefs Warrior Shirt Pair of Chiefs Fringed Dress Leggings Sidefold Dress Chiefs Dress Shirt Pair of Puckered Moccasins Knife Sheath Knife and Sheath Carved and Inlayed Pipe and Stem Tomahawk Pipe War Club Carved and Inlayed Spiral Pipe Stem