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Object Number
39-30-10/18207
Display Title
Wooden pipe cleaner or tamper - porcupine quill wrapping
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pipe tamper, tapered wood with wrapped quill at one end, tassles
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Wood, Porcupine quill
Dimensions
Overall: 24.5 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-30-10/18207
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright
(1901)
Intermediary
Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
(? - ?)
Donor
Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright
(? - 1939)
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