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Tomahawk pipe
Object Number 30-69-10/K42
Display Title Tomahawk pipe
Descriptions
Object Description Whole tomahawk pipe with colored ox tail ornament. Wood handle, iron blade, brass beads, leather thong, horsehair. Belonged to Chief "Crawler."
Inventory Description Tomahawk, wood handle, iron blade, brass bead and horse hair decoration
Classification
  • Tomahawk
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Standing Rock Agency
Materials Iron, Wood, Horsehair, Brass, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 63.5 x 13.8 x 3 cm (25 x 5 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object K42
Provenance
Owner Chief Crawler (1883 ca.)
Collector James McLaughlin (1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary Mary T. Hemenway (1883 ca.)
Donor Old South Church of Boston (1930)

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