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Tube pipe
Object Number 99-12-10/53009
Display Title Tube pipe
Descriptions
Object Description Bone pipe, copper lined. Hand-carved from the left tibia bone of a small to medium size animal, possibly deer or goat (Dr. R. Meadow, Zooarchaeologist, Peabody Museum). The pipe tapers from the bowl-end to the smaller mouth-piece-end and is decoratively carved around the mid-section. The bowl is lined with sheet copper approximately 3 cm in depth.
Inventory Description Pipe bowl, carved tibia bone, copper lined.
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1850
Culture
  • Great Lake and Central Woodland Native American styles
  • Plains Indian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Bone, Copper
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm (5 5/16 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53009
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)
Owner David Kimball (Unknown - 1873)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Thomas Jefferson (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Lt. George Christian Hutter (Unknown - Unknown)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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