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Catlinite pipe, flat wooden stem, quill, feather, and ribbon decoration.
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Object Number 39-30-10/18205
Display Title Catlinite pipe, flat wooden stem, quill, feather, and ribbon decoration.
Descriptions
Object Description Catlinite pipe, flat wooden stem, porcupine quill, feather, and ribbon decoration.
Inventory Description Pipe stem, quilled figurative designs, fabric, sinew, hair and pipestone bowl.
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Catlinite, Quill, Fabric, Paper, Sinew, Hair, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 5 x 2 cm (26 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-30-10/18205
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright (? - ?)
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (? - 1939)

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