Pipe Tomahawk

North American, Native American
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About the Artwork

Pipe Tomahawk

ca. 1825

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Native american

North american

Wrought iron, steel, wood, silver and lead inlay

Overall: 18 5/8 × 6 5/8 × 1 1/8 inches (47.3 × 16.8 × 2.9 cm)

Metalwork

Indigenous Americas

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation

81.204

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Engraved in cartouche at top of blade: Ottoke Name has also been scratched on middle silver band in handle.

Provenance

private collection (Lexington, Kentucky, USA)

purchased by Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchased 1981 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and University of Washington Press, 1992, cat. no. 149.

"Tomahawk Embellishments Old and New." MUZZLE BLASTS, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association members magazine,June 1970, p 9, (ill).

DIA BULLETIN, vol 62, no 1, 1986, p 5 (ill).

Pohrt, R.A., "Pipe Tomahawks from Michigan and the Great Lakes Area, DIA BULLETIN, vol 62, no 1, 1986, pp 54- 60, figs 2,3.

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North American, Native American, Pipe Tomahawk, ca. 1825, wrought iron, steel, wood, silver and lead inlay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 81.204.

Pipe Tomahawk
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