Collector's Guide to Indian Pipes Identification and Values
- Author(s): Lar Hothem
- Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art
- Publisher: Collector Books
- Publish year: 1999
- ISBN: 9781574320862
- Number of Pages: 308
Even someone only casually knowledgeable about North American Indian artifacts is likely to be aware of pipes. Along with tipis and canoes and moccasins, pipes were (and are) basic to many Native American lifeways. Indians are thought to be the first people in the world to make and use instruments for smoking various substances including tobacco , and pipe use extended for more than 3,000 years.
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COVER
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
HOW PIPES WERE MADE
CATLINITE PIPES
STEATITE PIPES
PIPESTONE PIPES
PIPE MATERIALS
POTTERY PIPES
TYPES OF INDIAN PIPES
EFFIGY PIPES
GREAT PIPES
PLAINS INDIAN PIPES
CHEROKEE PIPES
IROQUOIS PIPES
MIC-MAC PIPES
DISC PIPES
TUBULAR PIPES
WEST COAST PIPES
MISSISSIPPIAN PIPES
OTHER INDIAN PIPES
PIPE FACTS
PIPE FINDS
PIPE-TOMAHAWKS
TRADE PIPES
COLLECTING PIPES - WHAT TO LOOK FOR
FAKE PIPES - WHTA TO LOOK OUT FOR
LEARNING MORE ABOUT PIPES