pipestone

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  1. noun A heat-hardened, compacted, red or pink clay stone used by Native American peoples for making tobacco pipes.

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  • The pipe was simple but expertly carved from a solid piece of pipestone, the tobacco local and traditionally prepared (the taste was noticeably mellower and smoother than the store-bought Pahana tobacco that often got used for convenience). —  ChallengingDestiny#24:August2007
  • A catlinite pipestone bowl was found along the shore of the Chippewa River in Peru Township.
  • The mix includes some mosaic cane glass beads, brick red glass greenhearts, pipestone, and sandcast glass beads. —  Jewelry and Beading
  • They is one girl who i like she is from pipestone she dont know no moren i do she says my dress is pritty--ol nig an the drake all rite i wish i was home. —  A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen
  • Ceremonial objects were common, the most conspicuous being the calumet, carved out of the sacred pipestone or catlinite quarried for many generations in the midst of the Siouan territory. —  The Siouan Indians
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