NATIVE~AMERICAN~INDIAN~EFFIGY~TOBACCO~PIPE~ARTIFACT

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I OFFER FOR SALE ONE OF MY TREASURES ; IS AWESOME RARE BLACK PIPESTONE HOPEWELL OSPREY EATING A FISH EFFIGY PIPE AND ONE OF THE FINEST HOPEWELL OSPREY AND FISH EFFIGY PIPES EVER . THIS OSPREY IS LOOKING RIGHT AT THE SMOKER . OLD COLLECTION STICKER SAYS SANDUSKY COUNTY OHIO , OSPREY IS VERY WELL DETAILED,EVEN DOWN TO IT'S BILL AND ALSO THE ENGRAVED FISH !IT ALSO SHOWS GOOD PATINATION AND MEASURES 3 AND 3/4 INCHESLONG AND 1 AND 3/4 INCHES TALL . ALMOST NO CEREMONY COULD TAKE PLACE WITHOUT IT ! EVERY TRIBAL COUNCIL , EACH CALL TO ARMS , OR EACH MOVE TOWARDS PEACE WAS PREFACED BY SMOKING THE SCARED WEED ! CHEROKEE MEDICINE MEN SQUEEZED IT'S JUICE ON BEE STINGS AND SNAKE BITES AND BOILED IT'S LEAVES INTO A TEA AS A CURE FOR FEVER ! THE CREEK CRUMBLED IT INTO THE POSTHOLES OF NEW HOUSES , BELIEVING IT WOULD DRIVE AWAY GHOSTS . SUCH WERE THE VIRTUES OF TOBACCO , A SUBSTANCE OF COUNTLESS USES AND DEEP MYSTICAL IMPORTANCE . FOR LONGER THAN ANYONE CAN REMEMBER , NATIVE PEOPLES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA HAVE CONSUMED TOBACCO IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER ; IT WAS GROWN EVEN IN REGIONS W IT WAS TOO COLD FOR THE CULTIVATION OF CORN . MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS BEFORE DE SOTO INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WERE SMOKING A PUNGENT LOCAL VARIETY OF TOBACCO IN HANDSOME CARVED SOAPSTONE PIPES . BECAUSE OF IT'S HARSHNESS , SMOKERS OFTEN CUT THE NATIVE PLANT WITH read more

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