Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been presented to Chief Warrior (Seneca) at the signing of the Treaty of Big Tree near modern-day Geneseo, south of Rochester, New York, in August 1797; acquired by William Clement Bryant (1830-1898) at an unknown date; inherited by his son William Letchworth Bryant (1871-1947); purchased by MAI from William Letchworth Bryant in 1920 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian; said to have used by the Seneca
- Previous owner
- Chief Warrior, Seneca
- William Clement Bryant (William C. Bryant), Non-Indian, 1830-1898
- William Letchworth Bryant (William L. Bryant), Non-Indian, 1871-1947
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Date created
- circa 1790
- Object Name
- Pipe tomahawk
- Media/Materials
- Maple, silver, iron, brass, animal bone
- Techniques
- Cast, incised, engraved, stamped
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 20.4 cm
- Object Type
- Personal items
