PIPE 24 INCH ANTLER PIPE P24A

24 INCH ANTLER PEACE PIPE

NATIVE AMERICAN 24 INCH ANTLER PEACE PIPE (CALUMET) WAS BROUGHT FORTH AND SMOKED ON MOMENTOUS OCCASIONS. IT WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INDIANS POLITICAL LIFE, INTERTRIBAL CONFERENCES AND TREATY NEGOTIATIONS. THE “PEACE PIPE” WAS ALSO AT THE VERY HEART OR THEIR RELIGIOUS LIFE. MEDICINE MEN USED IT IN CEREMONIES TO HEAL THE SICK AND WOUNDED AND TO WARD OFF DANGER AND TROUBLE. THE PIPE STYLES VARIED FROM TRIBE TO TRIBE, MOST WERE FASHIONED FROM BONE, WOOD, LEATHER, HORSE HAIR, CLAY AND A VARIETY OF STONE MATERIALS. HOWEVER, IN ONE RESPECT ALL WERE THE SAME, ALL WERE SACRAMENTAL AND WERE BELIEVED TO BE OF DIVINE INSPIRATION. THE BOWL WAS THE ALTER, IN IT WAS BURNED THE SACRED OFFERING, TOBACCO. NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST MYNTIE BEGAY NAVAJO TRIBE CENSUS # 114,341 MAKES THIS PIPE FROM SIMULATED ANTLER, BUCKSKIN, GLASS, METAL, BONE, BEADS, DUCK FEATHERS, HORSE HAIR AND ARROWHEADS.