Tomahawk Pipe

29-47-260

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-47-260
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture British | Eastern Woodlands
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Date Made 18th century
Section American
Materials Brass
Description

Battered remant of a brass pipe tomahawk of the American Revolution; a steel blade which had been keyed to the bit is lost, and the brass keyed to the bit is lost, and the brass adjacent has been sharpened; originally silver plated, engraved with x leaf designs. British manufacture.

Height 3.5 cm
Length 10 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929
Other Number 29749 - ANSP Number

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