Peace Pipes...as commonly known, is a white man's
term, and were called Calumets by the Native
Americans, named after Calamus...the "stalk" or
"reed," and is properly refered to as the Sacred Pipe.
The pipe bowl commonly was 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 Steatite
were also used.

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