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Object Number
99-12-10/53117
Display Title
Pipe stem
Descriptions
Object Description
Flat, tapering pipe stem displaying typical "tri-color" palette (brown, orange, and white) and braided quillwork bearing thunderbird designs. The grooved sides show traces of red pigment. The quillwork on this pipe has become loosened, and there is no hair "cap" at the smoking end. A pendant of copper-colored wild hemp hangs from the center. See conservation report for more information.
Inventory Description
Pipe stem, wooden, flat, anthropomorphc quillwork design, horse hair, ribbon
Classification
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1850
Culture
- Eastern Plains
- Plains
- Western Great Lakes
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wood, Horsehair, Ribbon, Silk, Pigment, Porcupine quill, Sinew, Plant fiber, Eagle feather
Dimensions
Overall: 116 x 5.5 x 0.8 cm (45 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53117
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Lt. George Christian Hutter
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Thomas Jefferson
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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