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Object Number 99-12-10/53111.2
Display Title Calumet stem
Descriptions
Object Description Round, calumet-style stem lacking the pendent fan of a classic calumet (McLaughlin 2002). Decorated with wool tape edged with white glass beads, as well as silk ribbons, red woolen trade cloth, bird skin, and red- and blue-dyed hair bundles. See conservation report for additional information.
Inventory Description Wood pipe stem, wrapped in ribbon, felt and beads, hair at mouthpiece and center
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1850
Culture
  • Western Great Lakes
  • Plains
  • Eastern Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 95.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm (37 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53111
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Thomas Jefferson (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner David Kimball (Unknown - 1873)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Lt. George Christian Hutter (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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