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Object Number 99-12-10/53109.2
Display Title Pipe stem
Descriptions
Object Description Slightly elongated ovoid carved pipe stem, tapered at both ends and widest at center. Shares the "tri-color" (brown, orange, and white)color palette of early Woodlands quillwork. Quillwork combines wrapping and weaving. Also decorated with heddle-woven wool tape edged with beads. See conservation report for additional information.
Inventory Description Pipe stem, geometric quillwork, red felt, hair end, ribbon, cloth, beads
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1850
Culture
  • Algonquian?
  • Eastern Plains
  • Western Great Lakes
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 89.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm (35 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53109
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Peale Museum (1849)
Owner David Kimball (1849-1873)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Thomas Jefferson (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Lt. George Christian Hutter (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner Moses Kimball (1849-1895)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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