Skip to main content
Pubescent's bone drinking tubes. Constructed from a large bone with incised lines filled with red paint.
Pubescent's bone drinking tubes. Constructed from a large bone with incised lines filled with red paint.
Object Number 15-36-10/86388.1
Display Title Pubescent's bone drinking tubes. Constructed from a large bone with incised lines filled with red paint.
Descriptions
Object Description Drinking tube, worked bone, long, incised, pigmented linear bands one end.
Inventory Description Drinking tube, worked bone, long, incised, pigmented linear bands one end.
Classification
  • Drinking tube
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-36-10/83688.1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

Important Note about Historical Language

Collections records may contain language, reflecting past collecting practices and methods of analysis, that is no longer acceptable. The Peabody Museum is committed to addressing the problem of offensive and discriminatory language present in its database. Our museum staff are continually updating these records, adding to and improving content. We welcome your feedback and any questions or concerns you may want to share. Please email us with your comments.

PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Pubescent's bone drinking tubes.
15-36-10/86388.2 Pubescent's bone drinking tubes.
Drinking tube
British Columbia
Pubescent's bone drinking tube and painted scratcher.
15-36-10/86384 Pubescent's bone drinking tube and painted scratcher.
Ornament
British Columbia
Pubescent's elaeagnus bark wiper, drinking tube, and scratcher.
15-36-10/86387 Pubescent's elaeagnus bark wiper, drinking tube, and scratcher.
Scraper
British Columbia
Bone drinking tubes
14-27-10/85880 Bone drinking tubes
Drinking tube
British Columbia
Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Ornamented with incised rings.
15-36-10/86392 Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Ornamented with incised rings.
Unclassified
British Columbia
Tubes from drinking from gourd containers
26-30-50/B4272.1 Tubes from drinking from gourd containers
Drinking tube
Uganda
Pubescent girl's paint pouch of buckskin, fringed. Bone drinking tube attached.
15-36-10/86383 Pubescent girl's paint pouch of buckskin, fringed. Bone drinking tube attached.
Pouch
British Columbia
Drinking tube; curv'd & hollow'd; wrapped w/veg. fiber; strainer at one end
26-30-50/B4272.2 Drinking tube; curv'd & hollow'd; wrapped w/veg. fiber; strainer at one end
Drinking tube
Uganda
Pubescent girl's paint pouch of buckskin, fringed. Bone drinking tube attached.
15-36-10/86382 Pubescent girl's paint pouch of buckskin, fringed. Bone drinking tube attached.
Bag
British Columbia
Bone drinking tube
14-27-10/85860 Bone drinking tube
Drinking tube
Kishgagass Village
Pubescent's comb consisting of four bone teeth . Top part enclosed in buckskin
15-36-10/86389 Pubescent's comb consisting of four bone teeth . Top part enclosed in buckskin
Comb
British Columbia
Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Used by girls during long puberty ceremony
15-36-10/86391 Pubescent's bone whistle with three holes. Used by girls during long puberty ceremony
Woodwind
British Columbia