- Date
- 1970 – 1979
- Material
- wood; stone; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0047
- Description
- Tomahawk with large triangular grey pipestone blade attached to split at end of handle with strap of brown buckskin sewn around handle and fringed at the top. Handle is long round piece of wood with charred design of crosses, circles and dots at middle section, wrapped with bands of red, light blue…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1970 – 1979
- Material
- wood; stone; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 17.0 x 52.0 cm
- Description
- Tomahawk with large triangular grey pipestone blade attached to split at end of handle with strap of brown buckskin sewn around handle and fringed at the top. Handle is long round piece of wood with charred design of crosses, circles and dots at middle section, wrapped with bands of red, light blue and dark blue beads below. Bottom of handle is covered with buckskin sheath sewn tightly around and fringed at end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0047
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