Pipe Stem
37619B
From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 37619B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yankton | Dakota | Sioux |
| Provenience | United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Quill | Hair | Silk |
| Description | A decorated pipe stem made from wood. One end is wrapped with hair, dyed bright yellow, orange, and blue and knotted into geometric patterns. A long lock of yellow hair hangs loose from the stem, and is fastened with a large red ribbon that hangs down alongside the hair. Another shorter ribbon, yellow in color, is tied at the end of the pipe stem, and the hilt is covered with dark green feathers. |
| Length | 71.12 cm |
| Credit Line | John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900 |
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