Pipe Stem

45-15-1445

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-1445
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Plains Indian
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Quill | Bird Skin | Hair | Silk
Description

Flat calumet. Proximal end wrapped with finely-plaited quill, red, and patterened orange and violet. Bird skin bands at each end of quilling. Red-dyed horsehair with red and yellow ribbons attached.

Length 73.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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