pipe tomahawk

pipe tomahawk

pipe tomahawk

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Introduction

A pipe tomahawk with metal bowl and blade with incised or stamped decorative designs, and carved wooden stem with flat panel ornamented with blue pigment and engraved in foliate motifs and an image of a hand holding two arrows above a rounded container. Pipe tomahawks were made by the English or French and distributed to Aboriginal allies.

Nation of Maker: British-English English-Canadian French French-Canadian
Nation of Origin

Pipe-tomahawks were made by both the French and English and distributed to Aboriginal allies.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated

Materials

wood; metal; blue pigment

Techniques or Format

The bowl and blade are made of metal that has been incised or possibly stamped(?). Pipe stem is made wood that has been carved into a flat rectangular panel, and a narrower octagonal shaft at the handle end that terminates into a small carved mouthpiece. Flat rectangular panel is ornamented with engraved motifs and blue pigment.

Motifs and Patterns

recto: hand holding two arrows above a round container; verso: leaf forms or possibly a small plant growing from seed(?).

Dimensions: 47 × 0 × 0 cm
Current Location: Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1966.367
GKS Reference Number: 24956
Record Creation Context

Visit to Denver Art Museum of Alex Nahwegahbow and Ruth Phillips, assisted by Eric Berkemeyer and Kristin Strid on 22 Jan 2014.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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