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Object Number 99-12-10/53104.2
Display Title Pipe stem
Descriptions
Object Description Stem of flat-stemmed pipe, displaying typical "tri-color" palette (brown, orange, and white) and braided quillwork. Decorated with silk ribbon, center hair attachments, and dyed horse and deer hair "caps" covering the smoking ends. See conservation report for additional object description.
Inventory Description Pipe stem, flat, banded quillwork design, hair, tinkler, ribbon, leather
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1800-1850
Culture
  • Yankton?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 104.7 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm (41 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53104
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner David Kimball (Unknown - 1873)
Owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Lt. George Christian Hutter (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Thomas Jefferson (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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