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- Date
- prior to 1967
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1003
- Description
- An oblong shaped axe head, pointed on both ends, dark grey, dimpled stone, slightly flattened, groove around middle of the stone for securing the missing handle.
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- Title
- Ax Head
- Date
- prior to 1967
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 6.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- An oblong shaped axe head, pointed on both ends, dark grey, dimpled stone, slightly flattened, groove around middle of the stone for securing the missing handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- Tom Simeon
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Simeon, Morley, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1003
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- Date
- prior to 1966
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1002 a,b
- Description
- (a) clubhead is a cylindrical shaped rock, 11.0 x 5.5 x 10.3 cm with a groove extending around the centre of the rock. Another short groove crosses it in the centre to attach the handle. It has shallow indentations over the surface. (b) clubhead is an oblong shaped rock, 13.2 x 8.0 x 9.0 cm with gr…
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- Title
- Clubhead
- Date
- prior to 1966
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 13.2 cm
- Description
- (a) clubhead is a cylindrical shaped rock, 11.0 x 5.5 x 10.3 cm with a groove extending around the centre of the rock. Another short groove crosses it in the centre to attach the handle. It has shallow indentations over the surface. (b) clubhead is an oblong shaped rock, 13.2 x 8.0 x 9.0 cm with grooves aroung the rock near top and bottom
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1002 a,b
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0004
- Description
- Very narrow thick steel blade flattened and flaring to curved edge with square hole at back for handle, blade painted yellow ochre colour. Handle seems a much newer commercial handle which has been cut off at the end and shaved to fit into hatchet head with a wooden wedge driven in to tighten. Han…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 13.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Very narrow thick steel blade flattened and flaring to curved edge with square hole at back for handle, blade painted yellow ochre colour. Handle seems a much newer commercial handle which has been cut off at the end and shaved to fit into hatchet head with a wooden wedge driven in to tighten. Handle wrapped at middle with loose fringed buckskin band, 11 cm, which is completely covered with a background of medium blue beads containing three bars of green beads outlined with dark blue beads. Bottom of handle wrapped with a wide fringed band of buckskin, 14 cm , sewn to fit along its length with black thread. Thong tied around top with long strip of untanned hide with white hairy surface.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0004
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