Pipe tomahawk
date: label: Date created
content: 1790-1795
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; said to have been used by the Miami
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Little Turtle (Mihšihkinaahkwa/Michikinikwa), Miami, ca. 1752-1812
label: Previous owner
content: Charles McMurray, Non-Indian, 1868-1947
label: Previous seller
content: Charles McMurray, Non-Indian, 1868-1947
label: Previous owner
content: Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
label: Donor
content: Richard M. Fairbanks, Non-Indian, 1912-2000
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been made by a gunsmith in the service of General Anthony Wayne (1745-1796); presented by General Wayne to the Miami chief Little Turtle (Mihšihkinaahkwa, 1752-1812) at the Treaty of Greenville in 1795; acquired by Charles McMurray (1868-1947, a Dayton, Ohio collector) at an unknown date; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Charles McMurray 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: Indiana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Miami
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/7207
label: Barcode
content: 227207.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe tomahawk
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, silver, iron/steel head, pewter
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 46.00 x 16.00 x 2.00 cm