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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
  • Plains
  • Western Great Lakes
  • Eastern Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
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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