Pipe stem

Museum number:
2-59165
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3239
Description:
Wood pipe stem; carved mouth; orange horsehair wrapped with sinew; red porcupine quillwork (or possibly braided grass) and yarn - wrapped and painted; 2 sides broken off. Pipe stem marked "American Horse Oglala Sioux... (illegible)... died 1918.
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Oglala
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 59 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe stem, accession number 2-59165, described as Wood pipe stem; carved mouth; orange horsehair wrapped with sinew; red porcupine quillwork (or possibly braided grass) and yarn - wrapped and painted; 2 sides broken off. Pipe stem marked "American Horse Oglala Sioux... (illegible)... died 1918.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe stem, accession number 2-59165, described as Wood pipe stem; carved mouth; orange horsehair wrapped with sinew; red porcupine quillwork (or possibly braided grass) and yarn - wrapped and painted; 2 sides broken off. Pipe stem marked "American Horse Oglala Sioux... (illegible)... died 1918.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pipe stem, accession number 2-59165, described as Wood pipe stem; carved mouth; orange horsehair wrapped with sinew; red porcupine quillwork (or possibly braided grass) and yarn - wrapped and painted; 2 sides broken off. Pipe stem marked "American Horse Oglala Sioux... (illegible)... died 1918.

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