Part of ceremonial pipe, feather decorated

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Object Number 39-30-10/18176

Display Title Part of ceremonial pipe, feather decorated

Descriptions

Inventory Description Staff, eagle and prairie chicken feathers attached to wooden staff, hair, cloth

Classification

Staff
Shaft, modified

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Omaha

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States

Materials Wood, Cloth, Feather, Leather, Hair

Dimensions Overall: 94 x 22 x 8 cm (37 x 8 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-30-10/18176

Provenance

Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)

Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright

Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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