Native American Chief Folk Art Clay Pipe Bowl brass stencil Maybe made as a finial

Maybe made as a finial of some sort

not visible

becoming a much beloved and influential one

much beloved family dog

The back sides

Native American Chief Folk Art Clay Pipe Bowl brass stencil Maybe made as a finialThis 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