[Restricted Object] Canupa (Pipe) and Long Wooden Stem wrapped in Quills

Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
Plains

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collected about 1851-1902

Catlinite, wood, braided porcupine quills, cord, and dye

Overall: 2 11/16 × 1 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (6.8 × 3.3 × 10.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Porter and Charles Tremain

13.85.1272

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Pipe

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Provenance

Probably collected by Frederick Hall (1780-1843), Class of 1803, date unknown; given to present collection,1838-1841; catalogued, 1913.

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