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- Date
- 1780 – 1850
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1004
- Description
- Triangular iron blade, wooden pipe shaped handle, blade 14.2 long flares from 1.3 cm wide to 4.8 cm wide, 5 horizontal lines are etched extending around top of blade, edge of blade is chipped, wooden handle 32.5 long has an "H" etched into the wood 10.6 cm from bottom, 4 wires wind around the handl…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1780 – 1850
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 20.5 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- Triangular iron blade, wooden pipe shaped handle, blade 14.2 long flares from 1.3 cm wide to 4.8 cm wide, 5 horizontal lines are etched extending around top of blade, edge of blade is chipped, wooden handle 32.5 long has an "H" etched into the wood 10.6 cm from bottom, 4 wires wind around the handle 7.5 cm form top, handle has a black top and bottom, top curves to form a pipe shaped handle, blade seems to be inserted directly through top part of the handle
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Don Maskel, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1004
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; glass; sinew; skin; metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3003 a,b
- Description
- Axe head and handle, separated.a) Metal axe head with a notched edge for pulling nails and a hammer end opposite the blade. The centre is wrapped with hide and sinew.b) Wooden stick handle wrapped with red flannel, hide and blue and white beads. Feathers and fur are attached with sinew. A braide…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; glass; sinew; skin; metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 3.0 (a); 3.0 (b) x 8.0 (a); 2.2 (b) x 15.0 (a); 34.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Axe head and handle, separated.a) Metal axe head with a notched edge for pulling nails and a hammer end opposite the blade. The centre is wrapped with hide and sinew.b) Wooden stick handle wrapped with red flannel, hide and blue and white beads. Feathers and fur are attached with sinew. A braided thong strap handle is tied on near the end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.3003 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3003
- Description
- Shaped stone axe head, flat on one side, lashed to peeled wooden handle with sinew.
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 19.5 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Shaped stone axe head, flat on one side, lashed to peeled wooden handle with sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3003
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 22.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3005
- Description
- Rounded stone attached with short fringe to hide covered wooden handle. There is a hide loop strap attached to the end of the handle. Feathers are attached along the length of the handle and on top of the head. There is a teal blue band around the handle near the head. The head and handle are m…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 9.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Rounded stone attached with short fringe to hide covered wooden handle. There is a hide loop strap attached to the end of the handle. Feathers are attached along the length of the handle and on top of the head. There is a teal blue band around the handle near the head. The head and handle are marked with yellow.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3005
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