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Object Number
39-30-10/18240
Display Title
Set of 4 sticks to hold the calumet from the ground--ceremonial
Descriptions
Object Description
Set of 4 sticks to hold the calumet from the ground--ceremonial; painted greenish-blue and yellow, wound with strips of hide and red and black flannel.
Inventory Description
Pipe sticks, worked wood painted blue-green, wrapped with skin and wool strips
Classification
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Wood, Skin, Wool, Paint, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 84.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (33 3/8 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
39-30-10/18240
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright
(1901)
Intermediary
Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor
Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright
(1939)
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