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Object Number
985-27-10/59296
Display Title
Sioux pipe. Elaborately decorated wood stem. Plaited quillwork wrapped around ha
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux pipe. Elaborately decorated wood stem. Plaited quillwork wrapped around half of stem at mouth end. Red ground w/ designs in yellow, purple, blue and white. At each end of plaiting bird feathers are attached w/ string wrapped around them. Catlinite bowl w/ beveled prow. 76.3x8.6 cm.
Inventory Description
T-shaped stone bowl, flat wooden stem, wrapped with quill, silk, horsehair, feat
Classification
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 60 x 4 x 1.6 cm (23 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
985-27-10/59296, 34227
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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