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ProvenanceThomas McKenney Young Men's Missionary Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania; Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania; Jonathan Holstein, Cazanovia, New York
Pipe
Datec. 1825-1835
MediumWood, metal
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 6 1/2 × 19 in. (5.1 × 16.5 × 48.3 cm)
Object numberT0831
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextPipe Tomahawks were important trade items. They ingeniously combine the functions of hatchet and pipe. European gunsmiths made tomahawk heads, while the stems often were made by Native Americans. The stem of this tomahawk is made of an ash sapling or limb, with the pithy center burned out. The finely made handle has a hunting scene with an image of a Native American man with a gun concealing himself behind a bush from his quarry, a deer, in pewter flow-in (inlay). This tomahawk was owned by Thomas McKenney, The United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs 1822-1832.ProvenanceThomas McKenney Young Men's Missionary Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania; Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania; Jonathan Holstein, Cazanovia, New York
On View
Not on viewc. 1775-1800
