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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.
Subject
Indigenous
warfare
hunting
beadwork
Beaver
Enos Hunter
John Chiniki
Chief Crowfoot
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.49.0004
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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
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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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
Images
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