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Wooden pipe cleaner with quillwork, pink feathers and metal cones / Unidentified

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Curatorial Remarks

The decorations on this pipe cleaner may indicate that it was used on an important pipe. The down feathers might be from an eagle.

Tags: pipe cleaner, Pink, feather, quill
People: Plains Tribes, possibly Sioux
Places: Northern Plains
Purpose: possibly domestic use or ceremonial events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
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Title(s): 
Wooden pipe cleaner with quillwork, pink feathers and metal cones
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Plains
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, quill, feather, metal, buckskin
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Pipe Cleaner
Accession No: 
84.820
Previous Number(s): 
8427.820
Department: 
Anthropology
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