Tomahawk

Museum number:
2-4827
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Tomahawk; iron blade with cut-out heart in center; polished hardwood handle; red wool and beadwork trim sewn over base of handle and pendant from base with beadwork maltese cross, sun with carpet tack center and multicolor rectangle; 5 hawk feathers sewn to base of streamer.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott and Pathaca
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tomahawks (weapons)
Context of use:
Tomahawks are used in warfare. This specimen more likely "ceremonial" - does not have edge, and cut-outs weaken blade. "Missouri War Hachet" type.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971. References: Peterson, Harold L. American Indian Tomahawks. Contributions from the American Indian Heye Foundation Vol. XIX 1965.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #8: Four Winds Club, Oakland YWCA (September 13, 1962–September 17, 1962) and S1964-1965 #79: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (March 18, 1965–August 6, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-4827, described as Tomahawk; iron blade with cut-out heart in center; polished hardwood handle; red wool and beadwork trim sewn over base of handle and pendant from base with beadwork maltese cross, sun with carpet tack center and multicolor rectangle; 5 hawk feathers sewn to base of streamer.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-4827, described as Tomahawk; iron blade with cut-out heart in center; polished hardwood handle; red wool and beadwork trim sewn over base of handle and pendant from base with beadwork maltese cross, sun with carpet tack center and multicolor rectangle; 5 hawk feathers sewn to base of streamer.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-4827, described as Tomahawk; iron blade with cut-out heart in center; polished hardwood handle; red wool and beadwork trim sewn over base of handle and pendant from base with beadwork maltese cross, sun with carpet tack center and multicolor rectangle; 5 hawk feathers sewn to base of streamer.

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