Tomahawk
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1936
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edwin C. Meyers
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Handle of wood .4" in diameter shod with rawhide, seam of which is sinew sewn. The rawhide is extended in form of a loop around the base of the two buffalo horns where they are joined. Two beaded ferrules, and tassel at end (handle end) or horsehair dyed red. Horns painted red; otherwise plain. Illus.:Hndbk N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 4, Fig. 10, p. 177."
label: Notes
content: Information in accession file from donor: "In 1932 the tomahawk was given to me. The piece was in sorry shape. As best I could I reconditioned it. I restrung the beads, some of which were missing. An eagle feather which decorated the head I replaced with a pheasant feather (not having access to an eagle)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Custer's Battlefield, Big Horn County, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 138882
label: USNM Number
content: E377397-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club