Sacred Pipe

Peace Pipes...as commonly known, is a white man's term, and were called Calumets by Native Americans, named after Calamus...the "stalk" or"reed," and is properly refered to as the sacred pipe. The pipe bowl is commonly carved from hard wood, molded from clay, or carved from red pipestone called Catlinite. Other stones such as Sandstone, Soapstone, hard stones such as Granite, Quartzite and Steatitewere is also used.