Trade Tomahawk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
label: associated date
content: 1850-1870
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Forged steel blade on wooden handle.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Trade tomahawks were generally made in Europe and used by settlers to trade with the Indians.
place: label: Place Made
content: Europe
label: used
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Native Americans
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
label: See more items in
content: Coins, Currency and Medals
label: See more items in
content: ThinkFinity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.0203
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0203
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tomahawk
label: Other Terms
content: tomahawk; Edged Weapons; Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (shaft material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (head material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 30 in x 1 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.81 cm