Calumet Pipe

North America | U.S.A.

Calumet Pipe

U.S.A.

Calumet (Pipe)
Lakota (Sioux)
Plains, U.S.A.

Circa 1880s
Pipebowl: catlinite, inlaid metal
Pipestem: wood, quill, horsehair, hide

Length: 72.5 cm – 28 ½ in.

Inventory number on the bowl: 346 (?)

Provenance
Ex collection Michel Zerolo, Paris

Lakota calumet pipe 72.5 cm / Galerie Flak Price on request
Among the Plains Indians, the most sacred object was the calumet pipe. Calumets were used in times of war and times of peace to ensure protection and success.
Smoking was a means of creating harmony with the spiritual elements, with the smoke symbolizing prayer, a gift or a request for assistance from the Great Spirit.

« Before talking of holy things, we prepare ourselves by offerings. One will fill his pipe and hand it to the other who will light it and offer it to the sky and earth. They will smoke together. Then they will be ready to talk. »
Mato-Kuwapi (Chased by Bears), a Santee-Yanktoni, Sioux warrior.
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