Pipe Stem

55-7-2

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 55-7-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment (uncertain)
Description

Carved. Upper third carved in spirals having traces of red paint; stem narrows then flares into a head (?) with a long beak (?) from which stem continues into a flat rectangular section which has center cut out of one end; round, short mouthpiece. Head (?) is painted or burned dark.

Length 61 cm
Credit Line Gift of Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1955
Other Number 12210 - Old Museum Number

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