Pipe tomahawk
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Plains (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Black Horn (Blackhorn), Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Ray O. Lyon, Non-Indian, 1885-1961
label: Previous seller
content: Ray O. Lyon, Non-Indian, 1885-1961
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 Chief Black Horn (a Lakota Wild West Show performer); acquired by Ray O. Lyon (1885-1961, owner of the Lyon Curio Store in Clinton, Nebraska) at an unknown date; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Ray Lyon in 1927; 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7205
label: Barcode
content: 227205.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, brass wire, hide, copper wire, brass head
label: Techniques
content: Cast, carved