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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
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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