Lacing pins

Museum number:
2-5266a-j
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21025266a@2dj
Alternate number:
79 a - j (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Wooden pegs peeled and pointed; 3 bark rings; peeled part painted red.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Lacing pins to hold foot of tipi together. Probably associated with 2 - 5667 (tipi); 2 - 5668 (poles); 2 - 5669 (pegs)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27 centimeters
Comment:
References: Laubin, The Indian Tipi. Lacing pins to hold foot of tipi together. Probably associated with 2 - 5667 (tipi); 2 - 5668 (poles); 2 - 5669 (pegs)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Lacing pins, accession number 2-5266a-j, described as Wooden pegs peeled and pointed; 3 bark rings; peeled part painted red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Lacing pins, accession number 2-5266a-j, described as Wooden pegs peeled and pointed; 3 bark rings; peeled part painted red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacing pins, accession number 2-5266a-j, described as Wooden pegs peeled and pointed; 3 bark rings; peeled part painted red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacing pins, accession number 2-5266a-j, described as Wooden pegs peeled and pointed; 3 bark rings; peeled part painted red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacing pins, accession number 2-5266a-j, described as Wooden pegs peeled and pointed; 3 bark rings; peeled part painted red.

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