Pipe tomahawk
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; thought to have been used by the Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Thomas Walker, Non-Indian
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: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in Minnesota and brought to Ohio by a farmer; acquired from the farmer by Dr. Thomas Walker (a physician in the Akron, Ohio, area) at an unknown date; acquired by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Dr. Walker's estate 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: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7204
label: Barcode
content: 227204.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, iron/steel head, lead, copper, brass
label: Techniques
content: Cast, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 40.5 x 25 cm