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Object Number
971-11-10/51281.1
Display Title
Pipe tomahawk
Descriptions
Object Description
Pipe tomahawk: steel head; wooden stem; diamond-shaped blade; head & blade finely etched. length head: 4.5 cm, length blade: 12.9 cm., length stem: 51.0 cm.
Carved (handle notched), incised line on bowl, stamped arcs on blade. Carved stem.
Inventory Description
Pipe, tomahawk shaped, steel head, engraved, carved wooden stem
Classification
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Post 1860
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains; North Dakota Territory?
Materials
Wood, Steel
Dimensions
Overall: 51.8 x 22.1 x 5.7 cm (20 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
971-11-10/51281; #3; John Gun; TAKT
Provenance
Collector
William H. Best
(1885 - 1895)
Donor
Mrs. W. S. MacDonald
(May, 1971)
Donor
Mrs. William M. Milton
(May, 1971)
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