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Object Number 82-45-10/27489
Display Title Sticks used as pipe rest during the Sun Dance
Descriptions
Object Description Sticks used as pipe rest, painted red
Inventory Description Pipe rest, 3 red painted sticks, 2 with forked ends
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Teton
  • Oglala Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nebraska
Additional Geographic Terms Plains Region; Pine Ridge Agency, near
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 59.4 x 7 x 2.5 cm (23 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 27489
Provenance
Collector Alice C. Fletcher (July 1882 - November 1882)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (July 1882 - November 1882)

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