Pipe tomahawk
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1770
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; possibly used by the Iroquois
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 owned by an elderly chief who once lived near Fort Niagara; formerly in the collection of an unnamed gun smith in Lima, Ohio; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from the gun smith's son following his death; 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: Vicinity of Fort Niagara; Fort Niagara; Niagara County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Iroquois
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7212
label: Barcode
content: 227212.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Brass head, iron, silver, wood
label: Techniques
content: Cast, carved, inlaid, engraved
label: Dimensions
content: 43.5 x 18.7 cm