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Calumet

Description

Calumet ceremonial pipe of polished stone: North America, Canada, Saskatchewan, Alberta or Manitoba, Athapaskan

Museum reference

A.480.14 D

Collection

Americas

Object name

Calumet

Production information

Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Athapaskan

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Polished stone

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

References

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979

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