Axe
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; collected in Massachusetts
label: Artist/Maker
content: Hudson's Bay Company (Hudson Bay Co.)
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 an elderly Native man living on a farm near Andover, Massachusetts, and found in his dwelling after his death; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from the daughter of the farm’s owner; 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: Massachusetts; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Northeast
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7287
label: Barcode
content: 227287.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe
label: Media/Materials
content: Iron/steel head, wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved, stamped