Canada Vignettes: Indian Pipe
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This carved ritual pipe from the Plains First Nations culture depicts the act of creation, alive in stone, Mother Earth in the embrace of Father Sky. Integral to the all-important sacred ceremonies, this personal possession expresses in strong imagery the vigour and joy of life itself.
Duration
0h 1m
Released
January 1, 1979
Cast1
Part ofThe Canada Vignettes
Includes Canada Vignettes: December Lights (1979), Canada Vignettes: The Horse (1978), Canada Vignettes: Canada's Snowbirds (1980), Canada Vignettes: News Canada (1978), Canada Vignettes: Catapult Canada (1985), Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic (1978), Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz (1979), Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson (1978), Canada Vignettes: Holidays (1978), Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs (1978), Canada Vignettes: Trees (1978), Canada Vignettes: Countdown (1981), Canada Vignettes: Alouette (1979), Canada Vignettes: Ice (1982), Canada Vignettes: Calliope (1980), Canada Vignettes: Moccasins (1979), Canada Vignettes: Dance (1979), Canada Vignettes: Logger (1978), Canada Vignettes: Faces (1978), Canada Vignettes: Toronto (1978), Canada Vignettes: Newfoundland (1978), Canada Vignettes: Skier (1978), Canada Vignettes: Riverdale Lion (1979), Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook (1978), Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge (1978), Canada Vignettes: Port Royal (1978), Canada Vignettes: Trading Post (1978), Canada Vignettes: Instant French (1979), Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth (1979), Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls (1980), Canada Vignettes: Klondike Gold (1980), Canada Vignettes: Arctic Mission (1980), Canada Vignettes: Wop May (1979), Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon (1978), Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer (1977), Canada Vignettes: The Egg (1979), Canada Vignettes: Arctic Seascape (1980), Canada Vignettes: Indian Pipe (1979), Canada Vignettes: Métis Coat (1979), Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner (1978), Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe (1979), Canada Vignettes: Unity Pole (1979), Canada Vignettes: Delta Plane (1979), Canada Vignettes: Mussel Mud (1985), Canada Vignettes: Bluenose 1921-1946 (1979), Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable (1978), Canada Vignettes: The Move (1985), Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters (1978), Canada Vignettes: Emergency Numbers (1984), and Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family (1978).
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