Pipe tomahawk
name: label: Culture/People
content: Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)
label: Collector
content: William Chapman, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: William Chapman, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Edward Waldron Payne (E. W. Payne), Non-Indian, 1857-1932
label: Previous owner
content: Alida Payne Law (Mrs. Samuel B. Law), Non-Indian, 1898-1973
label: Previous seller
content: Alida Payne Law (Mrs. Samuel B. Law), Non-Indian, 1898-1973
label: Previous owner
content: Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
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 owned by a chief in Montana who gave it to William Chapman of Warsaw, Indiana, when Chapman was returning from having worked the 1849 California gold rush; acquired by Edward Waldron Payne (1857-1932, a Springfield, Illinois, artifact collector) at an unknown date; inherited by Edward Payne's daughter, Alida Payne Law (Mrs. Samuel B. Law, 1898-1973); purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Alida Payne Law, probably in 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.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7222
label: Barcode
content: 227222.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Metal head, wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved