Pipe tomahawk

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Object Details

Culture/People

Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Collector

Mr. O'Connor, Non-Indian

Previous seller

Mr. O'Connor, Non-Indian

Previous owner

George Moore, Non-Indian

Possible seller

George Moore, Non-Indian

Collection History

Said to have collected in the 1860s by Mr. O'Connor, a foreman for the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska; purchased by George Moore (an antiquities dealer in Cambridge, Nebraska) from Mr. O'Connor in 1887 or 1888; purchased by George Heye in 1914, possibly from George Moore.

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Date created

1850-1870

Catalog Number

3/5353

Barcode

035353.000

Object Type

Personal items

Object Name

Pipe tomahawk

Media/Materials

Iron/steel head, wood, hair, brass, copper

Techniques

Incised, inlaid

Place

Montana; USA (inferred)

See related items

Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)

Personal items

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws680d0ab5b-f1b3-4578-bba5-eb989ad1a9ce

Record ID

NMAI_37959