Pipe tomahawk
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from an unnamed farmer who lived about 20 miles south of Fort Niagara 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.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 22/7209
- Barcode
- 227209.000
- Culture/People
- probably Northeast (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
- Richard M. Fairbanks, Non-Indian, 1912-2000
- Donor
- Richard M. Fairbanks, Non-Indian, 1912-2000
- Honoree
- Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Pipe tomahawk
- Media/Materials
- Iron/steel head
- Techniques
- Forged
- Place
- Vicinity of Fort Niagara; Fort Niagara; Niagara County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Northeast
- Personal items
- Record ID
- NMAI_242235
