Pipe tomahawk (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Kickapoo (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Colonel Jonathan Rice Miles, Non-Indian, 1817-1903
label: Previous owner
content: John Edward Andrews, Non-Indian, 1853-1928
label: Previous owner
content: Phebe Elizabeth Andrews, Non-Indian, 1884-1974
label: Previous seller
content: Phebe Elizabeth Andrews, Non-Indian, 1884-1974
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 one of the Native assailants involved in what is known as the Wood River Massacre in Madison County, Illinois, in 1814 and taken from him by a member of the posse led by Captain Samuel Whiteside of the US Army Rangers; given or transferred by the unnamed posse member to Colonel Jonathan Rice Miles (1817-1903); subsequently given or transferred by Colonel Miles to his niece’s husband, John Edward Andrews (1853-1928); inherited by John Andrews’ daughter Phebe Elizabeth Andrews (1884-1974); purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Phebe Andrews at an unknown date; 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: Macoupin County; Illinois; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Kickapoo
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7232
label: Barcode
content: 227232.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Iron/steel head
label: Techniques
content: Forged