Native American Chief Folk Art Clay Pipe Bowl chip-carved Some wear to the velvet

Some wear to the velvet but overall very good condition

the White House

and think they make for quite the extraordinary little curiosity

2 5/8" in diameter and 1 3/8" tall

I especially love the gold-painted curlicue border around this one

Native American Chief Folk Art Clay Pipe Bowl chip-carved Some wear to the velvetThis clay pipe bowl shaped like the head of a Native American chief appears to me to have been hand sculpted of clay, and signed KH (but it wasn't me who made it!) . With a regal, intense face and wonderfully detailed long mane of hair, he has seen quite a bit of smoking, with the interior and lip of the bowl itself is quite blackened, with a little burning to the tips of the feathers on his headdress as well. The rest of the clay has a nice warm