- 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 braideā¦
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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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