(3pc) NATIVE AMERICAN BIRD PIPES
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Description
Hopewell culture, Ohio, all carved from pipestone, including a platform pipe depicting a crane, label identifying place of discovery as Delaware Co., Ohio; a Catlinite platform pipe surmounted by the head of a bird, old faded label possibly reading "Scioto Co.", and a bird-form elongated bowl with two holes, inscribed "Fayette Co., Ohio"
h. 3 w. 4-3/4 d. 1-3/4 in. (largest)
Provenance: Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), noted collector, curator, and scholar of Native American art; by descent to his brother-in-law, William D. Wixom, former curator and Chairman of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the estate of William D. Wixom, Pawling, NY
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Condition
The crane pipe glued at juncture of bird and platform
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(3pc) NATIVE AMERICAN BIRD PIPES
Estimate $200 - $400
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