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HISTORIC SIOUX PEACE PIPE RECOVERED AFTER LITTLE BIG HORN
02-21511
From the famed Alex Acevedo collection of Custer memorabilia, 27″ overall including catalanoite bowl, quilled haft with ribbons, pasted label: “This pipe was found on the battlefield / after the defeat of General Custer, and / said to have been owned by Sitting Bull”. Alex Acevedo had among the finest collections of Custer-related objects, most sold by Butterfield’s in 1995. This item was added after de-accession of items from Long Island Historical Society (no accession number). UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: 2007 letter signed by Alex Acevedo; housed in Acevedo collection archival box with decorative label.
PROVENANCE: Alex Acevedo collection; Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection.
