PIPE NATIVE AMERICAN ANTLER PEACE PIPE "NAVAJO" COLUMET

 The Calumet or "Peace Pipe" was brought forth and smoked on momentous occasions.

It was an integral part of the Indians political life, inter tribal conferences and treaty negotiations.

The Peace Pipe was also at the heart of their religious life.

Medicine men used it in ceremonies to heal the sick and ward off danger.

Pipe styles varied from tribe to tribe and were fashioned from bone, wood, clay, and stone and were adorned with beads, feathers, arrowheads and special sacramental offerings.

The bowl was the alter and was burned the sacred offering, Tobacco.

Aprox 18 " long see quarter set on pipe for size comparison.

Tribe Navajo

Census # 413.301

Artist Jannie Martinez

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