Tomahawk/Axe
name: label: Culture/People
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: Previous owner
content: White Man Runs Him (Mahr-Itah-Thee-Dah-Ka-Roosh), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), ca. 1855-1929
label: Previous owner
content: Tillie White Man Pease (Mrs. Ben Pease), Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke), 1890-1952
label: Collector
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
content: David T. Vernon (David Thomas Vernon/David C. Vernon), Non-Indian, 1900-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated), 1940-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by White Man Runs Him (Apsáalooke, ca. 1855-1929) and said to have been used during the Battle of the Little Bighorn; inherited by his daughter Tillie White Man Pease (Mrs. Ben Pease, Apsáalooke, 1890-1952); collected from her by Indian art collector David T. Vernon (1900-1973) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1968 through an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by the Rockefeller family), which purchased Vernon's entire collection in 1965.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/1786
label: Barcode
content: 241786.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Tomahawk/Axe
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, iron/steel head, brass wire
label: Techniques
content: Carved