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Native American Pipes

The act of smoking played a ceremonial role among many Native American tribes. Smoking was seen as having medicinal and spiritual properties and was of great cultural significance. Cisco’s collection of Native American pipes includes hand-carved catlinite pipes, steatite pipes, ceremonial pipes, and pipe tomahawks ranging in size from 6 inches to over 3 feet.

  • Great Lakes Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Great Lakes Pipe

    $9,000

    Great Lakes pipe. A widening wood stem with squared edges, wrapped near the mouthpiece with strands of quilled decoration, the carved catlinite bow...

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  • Sioux Elbow Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux Elbow Pipe

    $18,000

    Highly figured Sioux pipe with catlinite elbow bowl and heavily carved and patinated stem having turtle, leaves, buffalo, spider and snake on rever...

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  • Crow Elbow Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Crow Elbow Pipe

    $6,500

    Crow elbow pipe with stylized and etched catlinite bowl, tacked and painted stem, brain tanned red ochre covered fringe both ends. A smoked piece. ...

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  • Chippewa Pipe, Native, Pipe, Steatite

    Chippewa Pipe

    $22,000

    Chippewa pipe with weeping hearts. Long stem Chippewa T pipe with file burnt stem and steatite bowl having red catlinite weeping hearts and pewter ...

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  • Pipe Tomahawk, Native, Pipe, Tomahawk

    Pipe Tomahawk

    $15,000

    Pipe tomahawk with file burnt and decorated tacked shaft. Shaft 26"L so could be used on horseback. Ex. HonnenPERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Pla...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $11,000

    Sioux catlinite T pipe with effigies - buffalo, turtle, elk, horse hair and mallard neck. Massive head, well carved.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Gre...

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  • Pipe Tomahawk, Native, Pipe, Tomahawk

    Pipe Tomahawk

    $20,000

    Heavily adorned presentation grade pipe tomahawk with pewter inlaid fish, moon, acorn and war axe on cast iron blade.PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN...

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  • Pipe Tomahawk, Native, Pipe, Tomahawk

    Pipe Tomahawk

    $20,000

    Pipe tomahawk with brass head engraved with American eagle having crest and "Hull Curttss, November 1, 1776". Shaft has tacks, pewter inlays and fi...

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  • Pipe Tomahawk, Native, Pipe, Tomahawk

    Pipe Tomahawk

    $7,500

    Pipe tomahawk with incised and file burnt handle. Eight holes for drops, scalloped haft. This piece used for smoking rather than fighting. This pie...

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  • Sioux Elbow Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux Elbow Pipe

    $1,200

    Sioux catlinite decorated elbow pipe with carved bands both ends and center. Original carved wood stem.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - S...

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  • Sioux Elbow Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux Elbow Pipe

    $3,000

    Sioux catlinite elbow pipe with cane stem. Warriors pipe for travel.PERIOD: Mid 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native AmericanSIZE: Pi...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $3,500

    Sioux catlinite T pipe with original flat and twisted stem. Original collection history. All edges file burnt.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Gre...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $12,000

    Sioux catlinite T pipe with (old repair) and wonderful patinated file burnt stem with adornments of black bear claw, bird skull, hair, turkey feath...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $2,500

    Well carved catlinite T-bowl pipe with original patinated stem.PERIOD: Late 19th Century ORIGIN: South Dakota, Native AmericanSIZE: Bowl 6 1/2" x...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $9,500

    Sioux catlinite T pipe with original stem having quilling, horsehair and silk drops both sides. Initial "H" quilled on stem.PERIOD: Mid 19th Centur...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $9,000

    Sioux catlinite T pipe with original stem. Stem decorated with quills and once had silk ribbons and mallard neck now long gone. Ex. Hodge 1890, Ex....

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  • Sioux Elbow Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux Elbow Pipe

    $5,000

    Sioux catlinite elbow pipe with original twisted puzzle stem. Much patina from use.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native America...

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  • Sioux T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Catlinite

    Sioux T Pipe

    $4,000

    Sioux catlinite T pipem carved and heavily patinated stem from use. Ex Lakota Museum.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Sioux, Native Ameri...

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  • Meskwaki T Pipe, Native, Pipe, Steatite

    Meskwaki T Pipe

    $5,000

    Meskwaki steatite T pipe with carved and painted original stem.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Meskwaki, Native AmericanSIZE: Bowl 5" ...

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  • Sioux Effigy Pipe, Native, Pipe, Steatite

    Sioux Effigy Pipe

    $4,500

    Sioux steatite effigy T pipe with original file burnt stem. Not sure if it’s a bird or a dog. We think a dog.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plai...

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