Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Mary Buell Riggs (Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs, 1839-1927), whose husband ran the Santee Normal Training School (Santee, Nebraska); purchased by MAI from Mary B. Riggs in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
- Artist/Maker
- Joe Kitto, Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Mary B. Riggs (Mary Buell/Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs), Non-Indian, 1839-1927
- Seller
- Mary B. Riggs (Mary Buell/Mrs. Alfred L. Riggs), Non-Indian, 1839-1927
- Object Name
- Pipe tomahawk
- Media/Materials
- Metal head, wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Personal items
