Donor Name:

Gov Robert W. Furnas  Search this

Culture:

Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)  Search this

Object Type:

Pipe

Place:

Whitestone Hill Battlefield, Dickey County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America

Accession Date:

6 Jan 1886

Notes:

FROM CARD: "'... CAPTURED FROM THE BATTLE OF WHITE STONE HILL BY THE 2ND NEBRASKA CAVALRY SEPTEMBER 3, 1863." PIPE BOWL IN SHAPE OF PIPE TOMAHAWK.

This pipe is supposed to include both bowl and stem (according to the ledger book), but the stem is currently missing. The card notes that the stem was missing during the inventory in 1978, and it was not found during the move to MSC in the 1990s, either.

Record Last Modified:

19 Feb 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

017069

USNM Number:

E76822-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341b63576-1715-4e5d-ad0b-b596c25c12ae

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8479892