The acquisitions in this private collection have been sought out and collected for decades with the goal to preserve unique items that have caught the eye of its purposeful curator. While many private collections remain unseen by the world, this collection’s relics and eccentricities are meant to be discovered and are now being presented to the public.
Pipe Large
Materials
These traditionally sacred pipes are made of wood covered with either rawhide or buckskin and fringe. Deer or elk horn is often used for the bowl and mouthpiece. A medicine bag or medicine wheel is sometimes attached.
Description
Traditional Native American peace pipe ceremonies have three people in attendance. 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.