NATIVE AMERICAN HAND CARVED WOODEN PIPE STEM: ELK, TURTLE & BUFFALO EFFEGY STEM!

Description

Native American Plains Lakota Sioux Hand Carved Wood Effigy Pipe Stem.
Hand Carved E
lk, Turtle, and Buffalo effigies; Hand painted in the original pigments: red, green, and black on a natural colored hand carved wooden stem.
A similar example can be found in The Denver Art Museum collection: Catalogue # PiS-25.
This example measures approximately 26 inches long x 2 inches wide x 1 inch deep.
IN NEAR PERFECT, ORIGINAL CONDITION; NO REPAIRS, NO RESTORATION, NO MISSING PARTS. COMPLETELY INTACT. IT STILL DRAWS WHEN SMOKED. AN EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE
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EVIDENCE OF BEING SMOKED: BURN MARKS ON THE MOUTH PIECE AND THE PIPE BOWL INSERT. A NATIVE AMERICAN BRAVE’S HAND CARVED WOOD: SCRATCHED AND DIRTY SIOUX EFFIGY CEREMONIAL PIPE STEM! EVIDENCE OF TRIBAL USED: THIS PIPE STEM HAS BEEN SMOKED! IT STILL DRAWS. CONDITION EXCELLENT: MINOR SURFACE DIRT & SCRATCHES.
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A Native American Ceremonial Pipe is a particular type of smoking pipe, used by indigenous Native Americans in tribal sacred ceremonies. Traditionally they are used to offer prayers in a religious ceremony, to make a ceremonial commitment, or to seal a covenant or treaty. The pipe ceremony may be a component of a larger ceremony, or held as a sacred ceremony in and of itself. Indigenous peoples of the Americas who use ceremonial pipes have names for them in each culture's Indigenous language. Various types of ceremonial pipes have been used by different Native American. The style of pipe, materials smoked, and ceremonies are unique to the specific and distinct religions of those nations. Similarly, the pipes are called by names in that tribe's language. Historically, ceremonial pipes have been used to mark war and peace, as well as commerce and trade, and social and political decision-making.