Pipe tomahawk
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1820
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; said to have been used by the Miami
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Meshingomesia (Ma-shin-go-me-sia), Miami, 1781-1879
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been owned by Meshingomesia (1781-1879, chief of the Miami on the Wabash River); purchased by MAI from an unknown source circa 1926.
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place: label: Place
content: Wabash County; Indiana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Miami
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content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/5983
label: Barcode
content: 145983.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Figured maple (curly, birdseye, wormy, or flame maple), silver, iron
label: Techniques
content: Cast, engraved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 60 x 19.3 x 3.5 cm