Above is a YouTube video and slide show you can watch of various
Native Americans smoking pipes with music.

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Understanding The Significance Of
The Native American Pipe

Piece Pipes, also called Calumets; have been a central ceremonial tradition and spiritual activity for American Native Americans for many centuries. Tobacco is indigenous to North America and it was the Native Americans who first used it to smoke in various forms of hand made pipes. There were trade routes where various pipes, tobaccos, herbs, beads and shell were traded among Native American tribes long before Columbus arrived. It was actually Native Americans who introduced tobacco to the world. Columbus was given dried tobacco leaves as a gift from Native Americans and took this back to Europe where it almost instantly caught on.

Often used as a way of communication between the spirit world and the human world, native Americans believe that the smoke from the pipe can take their prayers and their thoughts to the great spirit. Native Americans use a mixture of various herbs which is sometimes mixed with some tobacco. A common mixture is called kinnic kinnick. Kinnic kinnick is a herb that can be smoked that comes from the bark of the red willow tree. It has an attractive aroma.

There are many different mixtures of herbs and tobacco which is used for different results. Pipe smoking was and still is a form of Native American Medicine. Various forms of herbal and herbal tobacco mixtures are believed to have healing power. For many centuries, tobacco was believed to be a healing substance and a pain killer.

Pipes are decorated with various feathers, fur and beading as well as other works of art. Each aspect of the decorations and embellishments of the pipe has significant symbolic meaning. The symbolic meanings and embellishments varies from tribe to tribe. They have great personal and spiritual significance. A typical pipe ceremony will generally acknowledge the four directions before smoking. Native Americans assign a color to the four directions. These are:

Red is East
Yellow is South
Black is West
White is North

Note: Click Here for information on the four directions and Medicine Wheels.

You can likely recall from watching movies that caluments or peace pipes were smoked at the conclusion of treaties made with the White Man. Refusal to smoke when invited is considered an insult to Native Americans.




Hand Made Peace Pipes

PA 049 Hand Beaded Pipe
Hand made and hand beaded from wood, suede, beads and horse hair. 66 cm.
Fully Functional-imported-non-indian made.

 

PA 024 Standing Antler Pipe

Handmade from Antler, Leather, Rabbit Fur, Bones, And Beads Size: 25x17 cm. Fully Functional -imported-non-indian made.

Artifact Reproduction: Deluxe Ceremonial Fully Functional Antler Horn Pipe

This work of art in a fully functional piece pipe is 23.2 inches long and made with wrapped leather, hand done beading, fringe, beads and rabbit fur and bone. The actual pipe bowl is real antler horn. This is a real piece of art you will enjoy a lifetime and created a great conversion piece. Besides that, you can actually some the pipe as it is a working artifact reproduction.
imported-non-indian made.

 

Artifact Reproduction
Deluxe Ceremonial Fully Functional Brown Antler Horn Pipe


This work of art in a fully functional piece pipe is 23.2 inches long and made with wrapped leather, hand done beading, fringe, beads and rabbit fur and bone. The actual pipe bowl is real antler horn. This is a real piece of art you will enjoy a lifetime and created a great conversion piece. Besides that, you can actually some the pipe as it is a working artifact reproduction.
Imported-non-indian made.

PA 017 Hand Carved Wood Hammer Pipe
Handmade from Wood, Leather, Horse Hair,Feather, Bones, Beads Size: 55 cm
. Fully Functional-imported-non-indian made..

PA039 Hand Carved Eagle Pipe
This work of art features a hand carved eagle with ten hannging beaded feathers and is hand wrapped with leather. Materials used: Wood,leather, feather Size: 61 cm-imported-non-indian made.

Deluxe Antler Pipe
23.2 inch piece pipe reproduction made from a antler, wood and leather -imported-non-indian made.

Wooden Tomahawk Pipe

Handmade 21.7 inch Tomahawk piece pipe made from: Wood, Leather, Horse Hair,Feather, Bones, Beads -imported-non-indian made.

Wooden Tomahawk Pipe

Handmade 21.7 inch Tomahawk piece pipe made from: Wood, Leather, Horse Hair, Bones and Beads. Hand painted -imported-non-indian made.

Horn Pipe

Handmade 19 .7 inch horn piece pipe made from:
Horn, Wood, Leather, bones, feathers-imported-non-indian made.

Handmade Ceremonial Pipe With Hand
Painting And Medicine Bag

This hand made piece pipe is a great work of art that will look exceptional on your wall. It's 27.6 inches long and features hand beading, a hand painted Indian Chief on leather, leather fringe with breading, a hanging medicine bag and all the other advanced works. Materials used to hand make this pipe include wood, horse Hair, Feathers, Bone And Beads- imported-non-indian made.

PA 031
Hand Beaded Deluxe Antler Feather Pipe


Hand made and hand beaded from Wood,Antler, Leather, beads, bones Size: 77x35 cm
-imported-non-indian made.

Native American Made Museum Quality Peace Pipes!

Carved Pipe Stone Ceremonial Indian Peace Pipe Artifact

This Carved Pipe Stone Ceremonial Indian Peace Pipe Artifact is of a very high quality. The bowl of this incredible peace pipe features the powerful image of the mighty eagle masterfully hand carved out of genuine Pipe Stone by Navajo artist Tom Joe. This impressive Pipe Stone eagle bowl appears on a hand made pipe that was wrapped in genuine Buckskin.

Peaceipe


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