Possibly made for trade and never used.This catlinite (pipestone) pipe bowl has been inlaid with lead in a scrollwork design.

This is a red catlinite (pipestone) pipe bowl in the form of an eagle claw wrapped around the pipe bowl.

Catlinite or pipestone pipe bowl carved in the form of an owl perched on a rectangular bar. Beak, tufts, eyes, and legs carved with details of eyes and feathers indicated by incised lines. The back of the bowl, under the bird, is carved with a serrated edge and turns up at the end as though that owl had a tail. The area around the opening in the owl's head is blackenedmining rights are for Native Americans.A pipe stem would be added to this bowl for smoking.Catlinite is only found in the Minnesota region in what is called Pipestaone National Parkk. Use of pipestone is restricted to Native Americans.

Red catlinite, flat-bottomed pipe head with wood dowel (a) and stem (b). Tip of pipe has carved chevron decoration behind which stands a tall bowl, flaring out slightly from its narrow base and with cross-hatch carving at top. At the opposite end, a hand carved in relief grasps the stippled surface. The stem changes shape from ends to middle, from cylindrical to squared to octagonal.

Flat-bottomed red catlinite pipe head. Inverted T-shape narrows on the one side of the tall thick-walled bowl to a blunt tip, the other side thickens to a rectangle with hole in the centre of the end for a stem.

Small, flat bottomed red catlinite pipe head with two metal buttons (a) and long wooden stem (b). Light coloured wood has deeply carved grooves that spiral slightly down the length of the stem, a narrow tube mouthpiece projecting out at one end, and a dowel at the other end that connects into the L-shaped pipe.

Red catlinite pipe head (a) and long wooden stem with squared sides and centre ridges (b). Carved into the medium brown wood of the stem, near one end, is a series of stained brown chevrons, and stained onto it are thick brown chevrons facing the opposite direction. The pipe has a wedged front tip, a stove-pipe like bowl that stands up from near mid-point. Concentric rings are carved near the rim of both the bowl and the end that joins the stem.

A hollow red pipe with a T-shape, of which one end is very short and closed and the other end is a long, open, semi-rounded pipe with flattened bottom. Design all around lead shows animals, birds, canoes, and people, including a white man and Ojibwa man shaking hands.

A hollow red pipe with a T-shape, of which one end is shorter and closed and the other end is longer and open.

A hollow red pipe with a T-shape, of which one end is tapered shorter and closed and the other end is wider and open.