Tomahawk
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Richard H. Pratt
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. Richard H. Pratt
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WOODEN HANDLE HALF WRAPPED WITH HEAVY COPPER WIRE 5 INCHES OF BLUE AND YELLOW BEADS, AND ON THE OUTER END - 8 INCHES OF BLACK AND BLUE WOOL NETTING." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL (WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS THOUGHT TO DESCRIBE 153575 OR 153577, BUT WHICH SEEMS TO MATCH 153578): "TOMAHAWK - MADE OF IRON, WITH DIAMOND-SHAPED BLADE AND ROUNDED HEAD. HANDLE OF WOOD, PROFUSELY ORNAMENTED WITH WRAPPINGS OF COPPER WIRE, WHITE FUR, BEADWORK, RED AND BLACK WORSTED, AND PENDANTS OF BEADED FLANNEL AND HORSE HAIR. LENGTH, 6 1/2 INCHES; LENGTH OF HANDLE 28 1/2 INCHES." NOTE THAT ONLY THE BEADED CLOTH PENDANT THAT ONCE WAS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE HANDLE WAS LOCATED DURING THE 1970'S INVENTORY AND IS STILL THE ONLY PART OF THIS OBJECT THAT HAS BEEN LOCATED AS OF 1998. - F. PICKERING 7-14-1998
label: Notes
content: Recorded in the original accession file as: 1 Tomahawk, Piegan, 1892, $5.00
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Piegan (Piikani)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025516
label: USNM Number
content: E153578-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 72.4 cm