Pick up a packet of cigarettes and you're confronted at once ... America, pipe-smoking was a fundamental ceremonial and religious part of human life. Different groups of Native Americans lived ...

ceremonial clothing and headdresses prized by collectors. But the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is home to one of the largest collections of a Native American art form ...

Pipes made of copper were among the afterlife accessories found in Egyptian tombs from as early as 2000 B.C. Whether they were used strictly for ceremonial purposes is not known, but their use ...