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Object Number
30-69-10/K47
Display Title
Pipe Tamper
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tamper, 4 quill wrapped prongs with tinklers one end, bead wrapped shaft
Classification
- Tamper
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Wood, Glass, Quill, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 50.4 x 11 x 5 cm (19 13/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
K47
Provenance
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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