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Combined tomahawk and pipe (iron head)
Object Number 97-9-10/49917
Display Title Combined tomahawk and pipe (iron head)
Descriptions
Object Description Tomahawk pipe with wood handle, ribbon decoration, and metal pipe blade (iron and brass or silver). Incised bowl/rim, stem filled. Smithed, inlaid blade, incised bowl/blade, stamped/hot file on handle. Smoked- handle shows burning at pipe bowl, blackened wood.
Inventory Description Tomahawk pipe, wooden handle with perforation, iron blade with pipe bowl
Classification
  • Tomahawk
Department Ethnographic
Date 1835-1850
Culture
  • Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 55.3 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm (21 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49917
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor George W. Hammond (April 1897)

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