Meaning of hair pipe | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.

Examples

“Wampum, Weoka / “ hair pipes, Waebosndata”

“About 1850 he, in connection with his brother James, invented a machine for drilling wampum hair-pipe, which is manufactured from conch-shells and clam-shells.”

“The Kiowas used brass earrings, from each of which was suspended a hair pipe, which in turn supported a brass chain with a German-silver ornament at the end.”

“Straight dancers wear ribbon shirts with bandoliers made of bone hair pipes and beads, generally from one to four strands wide, […]”

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