Tomahawk

Museum number:
2-18832
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Tomahawk; beaded celt-like stone head; wood handle, probably tourist item.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tomahawks (weapons)
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Unknown; probably tourist item (fide David Finster, 1969). Probably made by white man (Boy Scouts, Tourist Souvenier Supplier, etc.) (fide David Finster 1969).
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 inches
Loans:
S1970-1971 #37: Oddstad School/Nancy Van Norman (October 22, 1970–October 29, 1970) and S1970-1971 #66: Kensington Hilltop Elementary School (January 12, 1971–March 29, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-18832, described as Tomahawk; beaded celt-like stone head; wood handle, probably tourist item.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-18832, described as Tomahawk; beaded celt-like stone head; wood handle, probably tourist item.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-18832, described as Tomahawk; beaded celt-like stone head; wood handle, probably tourist item.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-18832, described as Tomahawk; beaded celt-like stone head; wood handle, probably tourist item.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tomahawk, accession number 2-18832, described as Tomahawk; beaded celt-like stone head; wood handle, probably tourist item.

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