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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
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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