STROLLER
OIL ON BOARD
12 x 16 INCHES
The expression “smoke the peace pipe” for the North American Indians meant the end of war and created a peace treaty, using a “Calumet”. The head of the Peace Pipe...
The expression “smoke the peace pipe” for the North American Indians meant the
end of war and created a peace treaty, using a “Calumet”.
The head of the Peace Pipe was made from sacred red pipestone, which was mined
east of South Dakota.
As a ritual, the pipe smoke insured the safe travel of the peaceful Illinois tribe
through the lands of North America. On the painting this ritual is presented as the
masked woman with the stroller, imitating the Peace Pipe.