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Catlinite or pipestone, 3 3 ⁄ 4 × 5 3 ⁄ 8 in. (9.5 × 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum Protohistoric Catlinite pipe, probably late 17th century Ioway, from the Wanampito site in Iowa. Catlinite, also called pipestone, is a type of argillite (metamorphosed mudstone), usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux Quartzite.
Haida artists have been carving the black slate of the island of Haida Gwaii for several hundred years. From its conception, the art has depicted a variety of images, from traditional Haida forms, to Western figures. Despite this, Haida argillite carving has only been studied systematically during the last thirty to forty years.
The World's Largest Peace Pipe is a statue of a ceremonial pipe in Pipestone, Minnesota, United States. It began with a vision shared by three spiritual people: one Lakota and two Anishinaabe . The pipe stands on the grounds of the historic Rock Island Railroad depot near the entrance to Pipestone National Monument , home to the Keepers of the ...
This acorn pipe is made from South Dakota red pipestone. Catlinite is an iron-rich, reddish, soft argillite or claystone typically excavated from beds occurring between hard Sioux Quartzite layers [ 17 ] below groundwater level, as the stone erodes rapidly when exposed to the weather and outside air.
The Hopewell artisans were expert carvers of pipestone, and many of the mortuary mounds are full of exquisitely carved statues and pipes. [15] Excavation of the Mound of Pipes at Mound City found more than 200 stone smoking pipes; these depicted animals and birds in well-realized three-dimensional form. [16]
Pipe bowls are sometimes decorated by carving, and moulded clay pipes often had simple decoration in the mould. Unusual pipe materials include gourds (as in the famous calabash pipe) and pyrolytic graphite. Metal and glass, seldom used for tobacco pipes, are common for pipes intended for other substances, such as cannabis.
White pipe clay, white-firing clay of the sort that is used to fashion smoking pipes Pipeclay triangle, a piece of laboratory equipment, typically made from this material; Catlinite or Pipestone, found in Sioux Quartzite deposits in the upper midwestern and southwestern United States, that is used to fashion smoking pipes
He had a trench dug into the conical burial mound, and amongst the discoveries was a large stone effigy pipe in the shape of a kneeling man. It has since become the site's most famous artifact and is on display in the Tennessee River Museum in Savannah. [17] [18] The pipe, now known as the "Crouching Man pipe" is 20.3 centimeters (8.0 in) in ...