This design was called Chief's Heart. The black spot at the top doesn't mean anything, when I was scanning them another design overlapped, and it is not part of the design.
Why this would be called a Double Peace Pipe I don't know, except you will notice they are attached at the handle end. This actually is a combination of two designs, the small cross in the center and the pipes. This small cross is also used by the Chief's Daughter design.
This design has become known as Peace Pipe. This is a design which a recent well known basketweaver, Thelma Forrest, in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has done baskets in both river cane and commercial materials. You can see an article in the Cherokee Phoenix of October 2004, which chronicles this artist and her work, including a photo of her and her work.
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