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Pipe Tomahawk
Pipe Tomahawk
Pipe Tomahawk

Pipe Tomahawk

Datecirca 1820
Dimensions18 × 7 3/4 × 1 in. (45.7 × 19.7 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsNATIVE AMERICAN
Credit LineClara S. Peck Fund
Object number2017.10.22
Descriptionsteel ax head at top on one side and pipe with hole on other side; wooden handle with decorative lead inlays at top and near bottom; engraved portrait of Native American male on one side of handle and Native American woman on other side; hole in center of handle near tapered bottom end; two notches in handle on edge near top on pipe side
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