Culture/People:

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Previous owner:

Chief Plenty Coups (Alaxchiiaahush [Many War Achievements]/Aleck-Shea-Ahoos/Aleek-chea-ahoosh/Yshidiapas), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), 1848-1932  Search this

Max Hess, Jr., Non-Indian, 1911-1968  Search this

Donor:

Elizabeth Douglass Hess (Mrs. Max Hess Jr.), Non-Indian, 1912-1997  Search this

Object Name:

Pipe bowl and pipestem (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Catlinite/pipestone, wood

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Pipes and Smoking

Place:

Montana; USA

Collection History:

Formerly owned by Chief Plenty Coups (Alaxchiiaahush [Many War Achievements], Apsáalooke, 1848-1932) and said to have been acquired from his grandson in 1935; formerly in the collection of Max Hess, Jr. (1911-1968, head of the Hess Department store chain); donated to MAI by his widow, Elizabeth Douglass Hess (1912-1997), in 1968.

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Catalog Number:

24/2525

Barcode:

242525.000

See related items:

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c99c813b-dc00-4d01-b550-dab0d8cee321

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_258247