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Pipe stem
Pipe stem
Datec. 1850-1900
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 28 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (71.8 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.552
Not on view
DescriptionCarved "twisted" spiral-shaped pipe stem. Edges burned with hot file.

Additional Details

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed Inscribed in black ink at flat end: E157
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Object number: 1984.550
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Object number: 1984.551
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Object number: 1984.533
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Object number: 1986.44
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Polynesian
Date: after 1770
Medium: Ironwood, also known as toa wood (casuarina equisetifolia or she-oak)
Object number: 2023.10.28
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Date: 20th century
Medium: Wood with paint and lacquer
Object number: 2023.10.31
Mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood
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Club
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547