Pipe tomahawk
date: label: Date created
content: 1760-1780
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; said to have been used by the Mdewakantonwan Dakota (Mdewakanton Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Little Crow (Tayoyateduta/Tshe-ton-wa-ku-wa-ma-ni/Che-tan-wa-ku-te-a-ma-mi/Hawk that Hunts Alone), Mdewakantonwan Dakota (Mdewakanton Sioux), ca. 1810-1863
label: Previous owner
content: Anton Ludcke (Anton Ludeke), Non-Indian, 1817-1903
label: Previous owner
content: L. H. Schumann, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Athanas Henle, Non-Indian, 1861-1933
label: Previous owner
content: Ida Henle (Mrs. Athanas Henle), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
label: Previous owner
content: Richard M. Fairbanks, Non-Indian, 1912-2000
label: Donor
content: Richard M. Fairbanks, Non-Indian, 1912-2000
label: Honoree
content: Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been owned by the Mdewakantonwan Dakota leader Little Crow (Tayoyateduta, ca. 1810-1863); left with Anton Ludcke (1817-1903, a blacksmith at Traverse de Sioux, Minnesota) in 1862 as collateral for a debt that Little Crow owed; purchased by L.H. Schumann (Morris, Minnesota) from Anton Ludcke in 1875; purchased by Athanas Henle (1861-1933, New Ulm, Minnesota) from L.H. Schumann in 1929; inherited by his wife Ida Henle after his death; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956) from Ida Henle in 1933; inherited by Harold Hibben's nephew, Richard M. Fairbanks (1910-2000, an Indianapolis businessman); donated to MAI by Richard Fairbanks in 1958 in memory of Harold Hibben.
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place: label: Place
content: Minnesota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Mdewakantonwan Dakota (Mdewakanton Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7227
label: Barcode
content: 227227.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, iron/steel head, brass, copper, paint
label: Techniques
content: Cast, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 80.5 x 25.1 x 3.6 cm