Axe
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Non-Indian (attributed)
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 seized by a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police based at Fort Fitzgerald after it was used by an Indian man to commit murder; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from an unnamed individual associated with the Hudson Bay Company in Montreal, Quebec, 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fort Fitzgerald; Alberta; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
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: 22/7285
label: Barcode
content: 227285.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe
label: Media/Materials
content: Iron/steel head, wood
label: Techniques
content: Incised