Indian Pipe. Round
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: Entered in the orginal ledger catalog as from both War Department and National Institute. As the War Department collection was cared for by the National Institute before coming to the Smithsonian, it is assumed that this pipe originated with the War Department. The location is given as "Missouri R. tribes." Pipestem is 37.5" long.
label: Notes
content: Mike Carlow, Director, Tusweca Tiospaye, Oglala Lakota Sioux from Pine Ridge, ID's this pipestem as resembling the type that was used in the Hunka Ceremony/adoption ceremony.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E1773-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Pipestem
content: 95.2 cm