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Catlinite, also
called pipestone, is a type of
argillite (metamorphosed mudstone),
usually brownish-red in color,
which occurs in a
matrix of
Sioux Quartzite...
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traditionally made of
either clay or a soft
stone (such as
steatite or
catlinite). It was used po****rly in
India in the
eighteenth century and
still often...
- used for
ceremonial pipe
bowls in the
Upper Midwest is red
pipestone or
catlinite, a fine-grained
easily worked stone of a rich red
color of the Coteau...
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where all
tribal nations could quarry stone for
ceremonial pipes. The
catlinite, or "pipestone", is
traditionally used to make
ceremonial pipes. They...
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Protohistoric Catlinite pipe bowl,
probably Ioway, from the
Wanampito site...
- Region, in
southwest Minnesota Pipestone Cr**** (Big
Sioux River tributary)
Catlinite, a type of red,
carvable rock used by
Native Americans for
pipes and effigies...
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Catlinite Inla**** Pipe Bowl with Two Faces,
early 19th century,
Sisseton Sioux...
- some
indigenous American nations are
often carved from red
pipestone or
catlinite, a fine-grained
easily worked stone of a rich red
color of the Coteau...
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Haida carvers continue the tradition. Mudrock – Type of
sedimentary rock
Catlinite – Type of
metamorphosed mudstone Lutite – Old
terminology for
clayey sedimentary...
- as cherry, olive, maple, mesquite, oak, and bog-wood.
Minerals such as
catlinite and
soapstone have also been used. Pipe
bowls are
sometimes decorated...
