Anishnabek Birchbark Pipe

Pipes could be made from any material, including birchbark, wood and stone. Whatever the material, pipes helped to bring knowledge and peace of mind. This particular one is in the form of a miniature moose call. ...

Anishnabek Pipe

Made of soapstone and wood, this pipe would be filled with natural tobacco. During times of storytelling, the Anishnabek (known in the academic world as the Algonquin) believed that smoking the pipe was an unspoken message for the people to listen a...

Smoking Pipe

Pipe smoking in Iroquoian society. This pipe is from the Eastern Woodlands Aboriginal: St. Lawrence Iroquoian culture. ...

Roman Calendar

Rendering and an actual image of the Fasti Antiates, a painted wall-calendar from the late Roman Republic, the oldest archaeologically attested local Roman calendar and the only such calendar known from before the Julian calendar reforms. (Drawing ...