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Object Number
985-27-10/60340
Display Title
Pipe tomahawk, unknown culture. Spontoon type head w/ incised designs
Descriptions
Object Description
Pipe tomahawk, unknown culture. Spontoon type head w/ incised designs and phalanges near stem curling inward. Stamped pipe/blade. Bowl. Silver in center and at mouth of wood stem. Inlaid. Inscription on spontoon partly on both sides read "Reuben Walker, Esq.", "Present from 'Gen' Thos' Glascock, 1818". 51.6x27.8 cm. Missing plug on distal end of stem.
Inventory Description
Pipe tomahawk, handle with 2 metal bands, axe and pipe head, incised, curved
Classification
- Pipe tomahawk
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1818
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 28 x 3 cm (20 7/8 x 11 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60340; From General Tho. Glascock 1818/ Reuben Walker, Esq. present
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
Exchange participant
General Thomas Glascock
Owner
Reuben Walker Esq.
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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