c. 1840-1850

Black stone and catlinite pipe bowl with lead inlay. Magnificent
polychrome floral pattern on stem.
Ex. NY Collector
Ex. California Collector
Ex. Conway Collection

37 1/2 inches long including bowl

$29,500.00

c. 19th Century

Horse Head effigy pipe bowl made of Catlinite.

10" long,  4 1/2" tall

$8,500.00

c. 1550 - 1650

Effigy pipe, possibly Man in Dream Flight. Dark brown clay construction.

3 3/4" tall,  2" deep

$6,500.00

 c. 1880

Fire branded stem, top bottom and sides. Stem pierced with 6 holes top and bottom. Catlinite carved horse effigy bowl.

Bowl length:6-1/4", 28-1/2" overall

$6,000.00

Pre-contact/Early Historic

A wonderful, black stone, human effigy pipe bowl excavated prior to 1966 in Polk County Northwest MN, near the town of Fertile. We believe the small black spots on the surface are iron deposits.
See file.

Size: 3" x 1"

$7,000.00

 c 1860-1870

Steatite inlaid with lead and catlinite.

Size:3" x 2"

$2,300.00

c. 1875 - 1880

A complex effigy pipe made of Catlinite in the form of an underwater panther holding the bowl in its mouth. Lightning strike on back of the head with lead inlay.   

11" long,  5 1/2" wide

$6,500.00

c. 1870

Catlinite bowl inlaid with lead. The pipe stem is twisted, painted wood. 

30 3/4" long including bowl

$13,500.00

c. 19th Century

Catlinite pipe bowl with tapered wood stem of bird effigy.

23 1/4" long,  4" tall (bowl)

$7,500.00

c. 19th Century

Black slate or black stone inlaid bowl and beaded pipe stem. 

10" long including bowl., 2 3/8" deep (bowl)

$6,000.00
 

Early historic 18th century

This pipe bowl and stem was part of a war bundle.  Bowl is attached to stem with buffalo hide.  Lead inlay on bowl, done with an abstract effigy element.  Collection.  See page 784 plates 1 & 2 of, Tobacco, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Indian, for a similar example. 
Ex. Larry Frank Coll; Ex. Conway Coll
23 ¾" long including bowl

$20,000.00

c. 19th Century

Catlinite pipe bowl of man sitting with powder keg or liquor keg. Floral incising on one side and hand on verso.

4 1/2" tall, 4 1/2" long

$6,500.00

c. 1875

An exceptionally rare Sioux catlinite pipe bowl and stem.  Catlinite bowl inlaid with lead and floral designs on each side.  Stem probably ash and wrapped with buffalo intestine.  Trimmed with ribbon and tied with dyed red horsehair.

bowl: 6 1/2" long, 3 1/4" high
30 3/4" overall length

$8,500.00

c. 17th century

Very fine, black stone, human effigy with  pierced ears pipe bowl.
Ex. Larry Frank Collection
Ex. Conway Collection

size: 2 1/2" x 2"

$12,500.00

Elegant long shaft, catlinite disk pipe bowl found in Losco County Michigan
Ex. Larry Frank Collection
Ex. Conway Collection

size: 6" x 2"

$8,500.00