Pipe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1913
name: label: Collector
content: Francis La Flesche
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Ceremonial." ARTIFACT IS DESCRIBED ON PP. 253-5 AND ILLUSTRATED IN PL. 12A & B OF B.A.E. BULLETIN 101. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27292802
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 75 in in Bailey, Garrick A., and Daniel C. Swan. 2004. Art of the Osage. Seattle: University of Washington Press/Saint Louis Art Museum. Identified there as a calumet. "Calumets are often mistaken for personal smoking pipes, but they are actually sacred prayer pipes that have no bowls or hollow stems. An appointed clan priest would hold the sacred pipe in his left hand with the mouthpiece pointing toward the sky. With outstretched arms, he would turn in a circle with the calumet, addressing the four cardinal points, and wave the pipe from side to side to accentuate the rhythm of the songs. This ritual action fulfilled many purposes, including controlling the weather and promoting peace in and outside the tribe. The black and white feathers suspended below the pipe stem are from a mature golden eagle, while the cluster of split and pithed, brown, two-toned feathers attached horizontally to the top of the shaft are from a great horned owl. In response to the call of the owls, Wakonta would bless them and their offspring, enabling them to be raised in safety without fear, a life also desired by the Osage."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Aug 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Osage (Wazhazhe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 055420
label: USNM Number
content: E277833-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wand