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Pipe Stem

CultureMeskwaki, Iowa
Dateca. 1800
MediumWood, dyed feathers, woodpecker scalps and beak, eagle feather, sinew, native cordage, dyed horsehair, and native tanned leather
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 1 1/2 inches (50.8 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of John W. Painter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Object number2015.25.2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionWooden stem, blackened by fire or smoke with various attachments including feathers, wood pecker scalps (one with a beak), red-dyed horsehair and native cordagePublished References
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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