Pipestone Quarry on the Coteau des Prairies
Public Domain, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Pipestone Quarry on the Coteau des Prairies

Pipestone Quarry on the Coteau des Prairies

George Catlin • 1836
Medium Oil on canvas
Current Location Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Scene Depicted Pipestone, Minnesota

Catlin’s painting of the sacred Native American pipestone quarry in present-day Minnesota. The catlinite mineral found here was named after Catlin. Lewis and Clark had received calumet pipes made from this stone during their journey up the Missouri.

Scene Location

Pipestone, Minnesota

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