Pipe fragment

Museum number:
2-36420
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Catlinite bowl; tomahawk shape. Floral designs carved on blade; speckled catlinite; no stem. Surface of blade marred by scratches.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1920-1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19.2 centimeters
Comment:
References: Peterson, Harold L. American Indian Tomahawks. Contribution from the Musem of the American Indian Heye Foundatioin Vol XIX 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe fragment, accession number 2-36420, described as Catlinite bowl; tomahawk shape. Floral designs carved on blade; speckled catlinite; no stem. Surface of blade marred by scratches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe fragment, accession number 2-36420, described as Catlinite bowl; tomahawk shape. Floral designs carved on blade; speckled catlinite; no stem. Surface of blade marred by scratches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe fragment, accession number 2-36420, described as Catlinite bowl; tomahawk shape. Floral designs carved on blade; speckled catlinite; no stem. Surface of blade marred by scratches.

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