Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Henry W. Palm (1865-ca. 1944, a jeweler who worked in Sioux City, South Dakota, circa 1900, and later ran an Indian trading post in Albuquerque, New Mexico); purchased by MAI from Henry Palm circa 1920.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Henry W. Palm (H. W. Palm), Non-Indian, 1865-ca. 1944
- Seller
- Henry W. Palm (H. W. Palm), Non-Indian, 1865-ca. 1944
- Object Name
- Tomahawk/Axe
- Media/Materials
- Metal head, wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Personal items
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