NATIVE AMERICAN EFFIGY PIPE - TORTOISE
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Cherokee County, North Carolina, the fish carved from a black stone with a small Catlinite figure of an otter affixed to it, old label identifying the place and date of discovery, "Collected 1929 / Cherokee Co. N.C."
h. 3-1/2 w. 8-1/4 d. 1-1/2 in.
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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Old chip to mouthpiece
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NATIVE AMERICAN EFFIGY PIPE - TORTOISE
Estimate $200 - $400
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