Axe (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Sioux
label: Previous owner
content: Caspar Whitney, Non-Indian, 1864-1929
label: Previous owner
content: Florence Canfield Whitney (Mrs. Caspar Whitney), Non-Indian, 1879-1941
label: Previous seller
content: Florence Canfield Whitney (Mrs. Caspar Whitney), Non-Indian, 1879-1941
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 collected on the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre at an unknown date; formerly in the collection of Caspar Whitney (1864-1929, the editor of Outing Magazine); purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Caspar Whitney's widow Florence Canfield Whitney (1879-1941); 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
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Wounded Knee Battlefield; Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Sioux
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: 22/7238
label: Barcode
content: 227238.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steel, wood
label: Techniques
content: Cast, carved