019
Pipe bowl with engraved pattern 1550-1700
Pipe bowl with animal head 1600-1715
Pipe bowl with female figure 1600-1715
Pipe bowl with turtle 1600-1715
Ritual Smoke
From simple to elaborate, these four pipe bowls show the variety of styles created by the people of Coweeta Creek.
In that and other communities, tobacco smoking was usually a communal activity with ceremonial and spiritual meanings. People smoked pipes in rituals of peace and war, to make offerings, to treat disease, to purify, and to seal agreements.
019
Pipe bowl with engraved pattern 1550-1700
Pipe bowl with animal head 1600-1715
Pipe bowl with female figure 1600-1715
Pipe bowl with turtle 1600-1715
Ritual Smoke
From simple to elaborate, these four pipe bowls show the variety of styles created by the people of Coweeta Creek.
In that and other communities, tobacco smoking was usually a communal activity with ceremonial and spiritual meanings. People smoked pipes in rituals of peace and war, to make offerings, to treat disease, to purify, and to seal agreements.