Large Full Human Form Hopewell Native American Carved Stone Effigy Pipe
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Large Full Human Form Hopewell Native American Carved Stone Effigy Pipe.
Excellent condition for age. See pictures for details as part of description.
DIMENSIONSHeight 7.06 cm; Length 14.01 cm; Depth 4.08 cm
The pipe is shaped as a human figure and is an effigy pipe. The arms, feet, long hair, head and face with tribal marks are seen. The back of the figure is the pipe bowl; the ends of the feet are for the stem to breath in the smoke - the hole is evident. There are abrasion...s or decorative motifs below the hole. On one side of the pipe is a face with Native American symbols. The material of the pipe is steatite also referred to as soapstone and is a platform pipe of the Hopewell Culture of the Middle Woodland period. The Hopewell Culture does not refer to an particular Native American tribe.
DATEc. Circa 200 B.C. - 400 A.D.
The ancient Adena and Hopewell cultures created pipes in the images that they saw and experienced. Ancient cultures respected all that the Great Spirit created: animals, birds, people and nature. The Adena culture represents the same time frame as the Jaredite (1500 B.C. - 200 A.D. and the Hopewell culture (200 B.C. - 400 A.D.) parallels these time frames. Hopewell art is characterized by mirror symmetry. The human forms were rare depictions in Hopewell art. The Hopewell culture obtained steatite from the Rocky Mountains; however, the Hopewell culture had a vast trading infrastructure.
Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box.
Excellent condition for age. See pictures for details as part of description.
DIMENSIONSHeight 7.06 cm; Length 14.01 cm; Depth 4.08 cm
The pipe is shaped as a human figure and is an effigy pipe. The arms, feet, long hair, head and face with tribal marks are seen. The back of the figure is the pipe bowl; the ends of the feet are for the stem to breath in the smoke - the hole is evident. There are abrasion...s or decorative motifs below the hole. On one side of the pipe is a face with Native American symbols. The material of the pipe is steatite also referred to as soapstone and is a platform pipe of the Hopewell Culture of the Middle Woodland period. The Hopewell Culture does not refer to an particular Native American tribe.
DATEc. Circa 200 B.C. - 400 A.D.
The ancient Adena and Hopewell cultures created pipes in the images that they saw and experienced. Ancient cultures respected all that the Great Spirit created: animals, birds, people and nature. The Adena culture represents the same time frame as the Jaredite (1500 B.C. - 200 A.D. and the Hopewell culture (200 B.C. - 400 A.D.) parallels these time frames. Hopewell art is characterized by mirror symmetry. The human forms were rare depictions in Hopewell art. The Hopewell culture obtained steatite from the Rocky Mountains; however, the Hopewell culture had a vast trading infrastructure.
Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box.
