Donor Name:

Francis La Flesche  Search this

Culture:

Omaha (Umonhon)  Search this

Object Type:

Pipe

Place:

United States, North America

Accession Date:

13 Oct 1923

Notes:

From card: "Made in catlinite and representing a buffalo foot. Made by the brother of Francis La Flesche. It is a copy of the pipe in the sacred bundle of the Omaha."

Disk/disc pipe.

For similar pipes, see Plate 144, Figure 5, Plate 151, and Plate 152, Figures 1 and 2, in West, G. Arbor. (1934). Tobacco, pipes and smoking customs of the American Indians. Milwaukee, Wis.: Pub. by order of the Board of trustees, Pt. 2. Identified there as ceremonial or war bundle type disk pipes and noted as very rare type.

Record Last Modified:

28 Mar 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

070694

USNM Number:

E325932-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cffa6cc0-c027-47e1-8746-3820d8c3eaca

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8394382