Pipe tamper
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Culture/People
- probably Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux] (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Bishop George Biller, Non-Indian, 1874-1915
- Edna Biller (Edna Peninger/Mrs. George Biller, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1879-1952
- Previous owner
- Bishop George Biller, Non-Indian, 1874-1915
- Edna Biller (Edna Peninger/Mrs. George Biller, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1879-1952
- Reverend Frank R. Jones (Frank Richard Jones), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Kate Jones (Kate Muriel Biller/Mrs. Frank R. Jones), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997
- Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
- Donor
- Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997
- Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
- Collection History
- Probably collected by Reverend George Biller (1874-1915, an Episcopal minister who was also the Bishop of South Dakota from 1912 to 1915) or his wife Edna Peninger Biller (1879-1952) when they served on the Rosebud Reservation between 1908 and 1912; probably given by Edna Biller to her sister-in-law Kate Murial Biller Jones (1887-1972) and her husband, Reverend Frank Richard Jones (1876-1948), at an unknown date; inherited by Richard Gordon Taggart (1928-1997, a grandson of Kate and Richard Jones); donated to NMAI by Richard G. Taggart and his wife Doris Cyphers Taggart (1927-1997) in 1992.
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- Place
- Rosebud Reservation; Todd County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux]
- Pipes and Smoking
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/3884
- Barcode
- 253884.000
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
- Object Name
- Pipe tamper
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 1.5 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_269587