pipe tomahawk of Chief Shingwauk

pipe tomahawk of Chief Shingwauk

pipe tomahawk of Chief Shingwauk

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Pipe tomahawk attributed to Chief Shingwauk of Garden River. Cast iron (or possibly iron alloy) head with pipe bowl and pointed tomahawk blade fitted tightly to the end of the wooden stem. Dr. Oronhyatekha Ethnology collection.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Chief Shingwauk was Anishinaabe from Garden River.

Place of Origin: Garden River First Nation
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC generated by AN

Materials

Staff is a single cylindrical piece of wood with knots; cast iron or iron alloy pipe bowl (maybe with lead added) and tomahawk blade attach to top

Techniques or Format

Pipe tomahawk head fitted tightly to stem

Other Notes

Lewis: blade is very well fitted to the stem.

Cory: blade is comparatively small. There is a maker's mark on the blade of two letters, the second seems to be an "E".

No hold for attachments.

Dimensions: 52 × 19 × 0 cm
Condition: Shows signs of use
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.174, HD 5854
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 34,

Item 158. "Chief Shingwauk's Pointed Tomahawk. These steel tomahawks, combining a pipe with the tomahawk or axe portion of the weapon....The tomahawk of Chief Shingwawk, presents the very exceptional pointed form of a spike instead of an axe, and is remarkable in this respect."

GKS Reference Number: 1434
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, pipe tomahawk of Chief Shingwauk. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.174. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1434.

Record Creation Context

GRASAC team research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, Dec 15-19 2008, funded by SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant. Participants: Heidi Bohaker, Alan Corbiere, Lewis Debassige, Anne De Stecher, Darlene Johnston, Stacey Loyer, Trudy Nicks, Ruth Phillips

Dec 17: Ethnography team: Lewis Debassige, Alan Corbiere, Cory Willmott, Ruth Phillips, Anne De Stecher, assisted by Tracey Forester

Approximate Place of Origin

46.5387, -84.1464

Source of Information about Places

Garden River is located near Sault Ste. Marie.

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