Indian pipe (medicine pipe), sacred object as a symbol of peace and hospitality, decorated with leather straps, feathers and turquoise stones. The pipe head is made of a stone that only occurs in Minnesota (pipe stone, "blood of the earth"), the mouthpiece is made of cedar wood, signed, 23 cm long. In the imagination of North American Indian tribes, the pipe represents an umbilical cord that connects people with the universe, and is also smoked to seal friendships or conclude negotiations.
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| Category: folk arts
| Country of origin:
New Mexico, United States
| Artist: Red Stag (Taos Pueblo)
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