Pipe Stem

70-9-402

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 70-9-402
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Quill | Silk | Feather
Description

Stem side cracked. Pipe stem; made of wood; red, blue and white quillwork covers half the stem. A long crack runs down the center of one side of the stem. Near the mouthpiece a piece of blue ribbon is sewn around the stem holding in place several very small feathers. The stem is long and flat with a small round tube extending which fitted into the pipe bowl.

Height 55 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

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