Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 360
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) West, George A. Tobacco, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Indians. 19 maps, 258 plates. 2 volumes. 4to, original wrappers, minor browning and creasing; uncut. Milwaukee, 1934

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Illustrated with hundreds of photographs of pipes found in archaeological digs, and maps showing the ranges of different styles. Issued as Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee, vol. XVII. with--3 other ethnological reports on American Indians, all in original wrappers, various conditions: John P. Harrington. Tobacco among the Karuk Indians of California. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1932 Otis Tufton Mason. Primitive Travel and Transportation. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1896 Alanson Skinner. The Indians of Manhattan Island and Vicinity. [New York]: American Museum of Natural History, [1921?].