Others Close Up: Of a Native Decorative Clay Pipe

[Greg Shchepanek]

Smoking was a special & spiritual activity for the Natives...this may have been the village elder's best pipe?

Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.0 28.0 mm 1/60 1600 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Shan]

lovely photograph. by native do you mean the Red Indians?

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Yes Native Americans

 

[Shan]

Yes Native Americans

wow..which tribes of the native americans were there in Canada?

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

wow..which tribes of the native americans were there in Canada?

There are 50 tribes of First Nations in Canada, I have Swampy Cree in me on my mother's side

 

[Shan]

There are 50 tribes of First Nations in Canada, I have Swampy Creek in me on my mother's side

you mean Swamy Cree, right?

 

[Helix_2648]

Very interesting. Never heared about that!

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

This decorative clay pipe would have been Iroquois or Mohawk

 

[Shan]

This decorative clay pipe would have been Iroquois or Mohawk

it is said that the tobacco was introduced by the native Americans. To see a pipe used by them is just wow!

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

And one such beautiful decorative is a rare find...most pipes found at Native Settlements are of European origins. This pipe was hand crafted for some who was of great importance to the tribe