Native American Chief Folk Art Clay Pipe Bowl chip-carved with a bit of brown

with a bit of brown stain on the interior bottom and a bit of minor scratching on one side of the exterior

) Early 20th century I believe

(I'm now firmly on the hunt

and think they make for quite the extraordinary little curiosity

but surely this could be used for that as well

Native American Chief Folk Art Clay Pipe Bowl chip-carved with a bit of brownThis 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