Pipe tomahawk
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1750
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; thought to have been used by the Mohawk
label: Seller agent
content: Sumner Healey, Non-Indian, 1871-1936
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 presented by an English general to a Native ally; acquired by a European collector of antique armor whose collection was sold in 1935; acquired by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) shortly afterward, possibly through New York City antiques dealer Sumner Healey (1871-1936); 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: New York; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Mohawk
label: See related items
content: Personal items
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Nation to Nation, Two Ways of Being
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7211
label: Barcode
content: 227211.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, iron, silver, pewter
label: Techniques
content: Wrought, inlaid, burned
label: Dimensions
content: 34 x 18 x 3 cm