Genuine Navajo Indian Medicine Man PEACE PIPE by Vasquez 3133-b-NC
Genuine Navajo Indian Medicine Man PEACE PIPE
Made by Navajo Indian artist Clara Vasquez. This is an absolutely impressive peace pipe. This peace pipe is wrapped in soft Doeskin leather. Beautiful glass and perfectly crafted seed bead work adorn this pipe with an artful look. Genuine Feathers offer their natural qualities hung from a deer antler button. It has a genuine Deer Antler bowl adorned with genuine fur. Hair bone and trade beads and bells decorate the carrying strap. This Peace Pipe belongs in your collection! The total length is 17-1/4". You'll be getting one from the group. This artifact is for decorative purposes only.
The term Peace Pipe is a white man's term, and were called Calumets by the Native Americans, named after Calamus...the "stalk" or "reed." It is properly referred to as the Sacred Pipe. The pipe bowl commonly was carved from hard wood, molded from clay or carved from red pipestone called Catlinite. Other stones such as Sandstone, Soapstone, hard stones such as Granite, Quartzite and Steatite were also used. The Peace Pipe has long been known by the White Man as a token of peace and treaties...to seal an agreement. Probably, though no person knows for sure, the first time the "peace pipe" term was used was when a peace treaty was being signed. The pipe would have been used to seal the bargain and the white man would likely have referred to it as a pipe of peace.There are Calumets for sacred and ceremonial purposes, and public arrangements. The Sacred Pipe is not generally used for public gatherings. Intentions could often be told by how the stem was carved or decorated with feathers, when smoked. Both Bowl and Pipe designs may be simple or elaborate, and may be carved from stone, horn, antler, bone or wood.
The objects man makes are called artifacts, and every artifact, whether it is beautiful or ugly, crude or refined, utilitarian or ceremonial, is a reflection and product of man's skills, his techniques, his arts. Artifacts reflect the ideas, the concepts, and the knowledge acquired or learned as a member of a tribe. Members of a particular tribe use certain techniques, and create a particular style because that is their tradition .
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