Calumet pipestem (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- circa 1880
- Culture/People
- Kaw (Kansa)
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Previous owner
- Edward Mi Ko' Ji (Mi ho Ji/Mi.Ko.Ji.), Kaw (Kansa)
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Collection History
- Collected from Mi.Ko.Ji. (Kaw) by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923, assistant to Mark Harrington in Oklahoma) in 1913 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Kaw (Kansa)
- Pipes and Smoking
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 3/3564
- Barcode
- 033564.000
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
- Indigenous Term
- mo.sho.ka ki
- Object Name
- Calumet pipestem (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, duck head, eagle feather/feathers (golden eagle), owl feather/feathers, peacock feather/feathers, horsehair, cordage, wool cloth, paint, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped, tied, dyed, painted
- Dimensions
- 98 x 42 x 5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_35780