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Pipe Tomahawk

Pipe Tomahawk

Date1700-1795
MediumWrought iron, steel, curly maple, engraved silver
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 23 1/2 inches (20.32 x 59.69 cm) Blade: 8 x 4 x 3/4 inches (20.32 x 10.16 x 1.91 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
Terms
Object number81.205
DescriptionPipe tomahawk consists of wrought iron blade and curly maple handle. Blade has steel cutting edge and engraved silver inlays which include serrated border designs, diamonds and hearts. Handle ornamented with engraved silver bands and diamonds. Engraved silver mouthpiece.
On View
On view
Collections
  • Bowls Collection
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • (not entered)   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 1, Historical, Gallery
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler; Camilus Bundy, Peru, Indiana Miami tradition states tomahawk given to Miami chief Deaf Man by General Anthony Wayne at Treaty of Greenville, 1795. Camilus Bundy is identified as a Miami Indian, descendant of Frances Slocum, Lost Sister of Wyoming (Valley, Pennsylvania).
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