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Object Number 99-12-10/53108.2
Display Title Calumet stem
Descriptions
Object Description Round, calumet-style stem lacking the pendent fan of a classic calumet (McLaughlin 2002). The body has been carved into a spiral in an S direction, while the shoulder has been carved down, leaving four intermittent burl-like "knobs" considerably wider than the stem proper. Three lengths of dyed-red deer hair are wrapped to the shoulder with silk ribbon, which also once covered the intervening spaces between the hair attachments. See conservation report for additional information.
Inventory Description Pipe stem, carved spiral end, decorated with red hair, ribbon
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1850
Culture
  • Fox
  • Plains
  • Iowa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 87 x 7 x 2 cm (34 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53108
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Thomas Jefferson (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner David Kimball (Unknown - 1873)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Lt. George Christian Hutter (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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