Pipe Stem

45-15-1449

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-1449
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pawnee (uncertain) | Arikara
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Quill | Pigment
Description

Flat calumet. Proximal end finely plaited quill wrapped: two bison heads, cross paths, and horseshoe in red and black on blue ground. Other end painted in bands of red and natural with blue bars.

Length 87.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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