Peace-Pipe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. James P. Kimball
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE STEMS OF THESE CATLINITES ARE WORTHY OF THEIR SACRED CHARACTER. THEY ARE GENERALLY MADE OF THE STALK OF THE YOUNG ASH AND ARE OFTEN DECORATED IN THE MOST ELABORATE MANNER. THEY ARE MOSTLY FLAT AND SOMETIMES ARE TWISTED SPIRALLY AND PERFORATED WITH OPEN PATTERNS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT SEEMS ALMOST A MARVEL HOW THE APERTURE FOR THE SMOKE IS MADE. THE MANNER OF BORING, IS, HOWEVER, SIMPLE ENOUGH. THE CENTER OF THE YOUNG ASH SAPLING IS OCCUPIED BY PITH. THIS IS BURNT OUT WITH A HOT IRON OR BORED OUT WITH A PIECE OF HARD WOOD. AFTERWARDS THE WOOD IS CUT AWAY ON TWO SIDES HAVING ONLY A FLAT STEM WITH THE BORE OCCUPYING THE CENTER. THE PERFORATIONS ARE NEXT CUT AT EITHER SIDE OF THE BORE, BEING CAREFUL TO KEEP CLEAR OF IT, AND THEN THE STEM BEING SOFTENED IN BOILING WATER IT CAN BE MADE TO ASSUME ALMOST ANY SHAPE. THE SCREW OR SPIRAL IS THE VALUED BUT RARE FORM ("WOOD'S MEIVILIZED RACES"). THE FLAT PART OF THE STEM IS RARELY LEFT PLAIN, BUT IS ORNAMENTED WITH CARVINGS, VARIOUS COLORS PAINTS BEING FILED IN THE SCORES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Nov 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8494-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe