Trade Tomahawk
Trade Tomahawk
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- Description
- Physical Description
- Forged steel blade on wooden handle.
- General History
- Trade tomahawks were generally made in Europe and used by settlers to trade with the Indians.
- Object Name
- tomahawk
- Other Terms
- tomahawk; Edged Weapons; Pipe
- date made
- ca 1800
- associated date
- 1850-1870
- Place Made
- Europe
- used
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (shaft material)
- metal (head material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 30 in x 1 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 1980.0399.0203
- catalog number
- 1980.0399.0203
- accession number
- 1980.0399
- Credit Line
- Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
- subject
- Native Americans
- Expansion and Reform
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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