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Object Number
99-12-10/53116.2
Display Title
Calumet stem
Descriptions
Object Description
Round, calumet-style stem lacking the pendent fan of a classic calumet (McLaughlin 2002). Resembles a dance wand, but the stem is bored. The stem is decorated with European fabrics embroidered with white glass beads, circular, incised bands which appear to have been burned or darkly stained, and an attachment of quilled hide and hair bundles which may have been recycled from an older object.
Inventory Description
Pipe stem with quillwork, felt, and beads, leather and hair ornaments, embr
Classification
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1850
Culture
- Northeast
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 74.5 x 1.7 cm (29 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
Thomas Jefferson
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
Mr. Baltis Raser
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Lt. George Christian Hutter
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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