PLAINS INDIAN GHOST DANCE PIPE STEM AND BOWL.

PLAINS INDIAN GHOST DANCE PIPE STEM AND BOWL. The hardwood stem is decorated with six stylized”Ghost Dance” effigy birds made of horn, fastened with short nails and brads. The lead or pewter inlaid bowl is wonderfully decorated with various designs including four pointed stars, crosses and a wonderful rendition of a stylized “Ghost Dance” thunder bird.The presence of the effigy “Ghost Dance”birds on the stem and the effigy Thunderbird on the pipe bowl are definitive design elements from a true “Ghost Dance” object. The stem and pipe bowl are accompanied by a period wooden box with sliding lid. The top of the box inscribed “Rogers”, the inside of the lid in red and yellow paint “Sherman”. accompanies the lot Not many objects with such powerful symbolism from this period have survived. ca 1880’s. The “Ghost Dance” is the principal ceremonial rite of a peculiar Indian religion originating about 1887 with Wovoka, alias Jack Wilson, of the Paiute tribe in Nevada. Many tribes facing desperate times because of the loss of the buffalo and their nomadic way of life were quick to follow the “Ghost Dance” movement. By practicing this dance they were promised that the buffalo and antelope would return and their natural world would be restored free and open to the Indian peoples, without the borders and boundaries of the white man. Government agents described the “Ghost Dance” as an absurd and demoralizing craze believing that the swelling number of “Ghost Dancers” would renew Indian militancy and violent rebellion. Together with the military they aggressively attempted to suppress and destroy the religion, the dance and the artifacts associated with it. Thus, “Ghost Dance” artifacts such as this pipe are very rare today. CONDITION: Stem and bone birds in very good condition with great old patina. Catlinite bowl has been cracked and repaired. Wooden slide lid box much discolored with age and use but generally sound. 4-32056 JK14 (7,000-9,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1505	$10,925.00	PLAINS INDIAN GHOST DANCE PIPE STEM AND BOWL. The hardwood stem is decorated with six stylized”Ghost Dance” effigy birds made of horn, fastened with short nails and brads. The lead or pewter inlaid bowl is wonderfully decorated with various designs including four pointed stars, crosses and a wonderful rendition of a stylized “Ghost Dance” thunder bird.The presence of the effigy “Ghost Dance”birds on the stem and the effigy Thunderbird on the pipe bowl are definitive design elements from a true “Ghost Dance” object. The stem and pipe bowl are accompanied by a period wooden box with sliding lid. The top of the box inscribed “Rogers”, the inside of the lid in red and yellow paint “Sherman”. accompanies the lot Not many objects with such powerful symbolism from this period have survived. ca 1880’s. The “Ghost Dance” is the principal ceremonial rite of a peculiar Indian religion originating about 1887 with Wovoka, alias Jack Wilson, of the Paiute tribe in Nevada. Many tribes facing desperate times because of the loss of the buffalo and their nomadic way of life were quick to follow the “Ghost Dance” movement. By practicing this dance they were promised that the buffalo and antelope would return and their natural world would be restored free and open to the Indian peoples, without the borders and boundaries of the white man. Government agents described the “Ghost Dance” as an absurd and demoralizing craze believing that the swelling number of “Ghost Dancers” would renew Indian militancy and violent rebellion. Together with the military they aggressively attempted to suppress and destroy the religion, the dance and the artifacts associated with it. Thus, “Ghost Dance” artifacts such as this pipe are very rare today. CONDITION: Stem and bone birds in very good condition with great old patina. Catlinite bowl has been cracked and repaired. Wooden slide lid box much discolored with age and use but generally sound. 4-32056 JK14 (7,000-9,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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