Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1878; formerly in the collection of Edward Waldron Payne (1857-1932, a Springfield, Illinois, artifact collector); inherited by Edward Payne's daughter, Alida Payne Law (Mrs. Samuel B. Law, 1898-1973); purchased by Harold J. Hibben (1881-1956, a noted tomahawk collector) from Alida Payne Law in 1937; inherited by Harold Hibben's nephew, Richard M. Fairbanks (1910-2000, an Indianapolis businessman); donated to MAI by Richard Fairbanks in 1958 in memory of Harold Hibben.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Edward Waldron Payne (E. W. Payne), Non-Indian, 1857-1932
- Alida Payne Law (Mrs. Samuel B. Law), Non-Indian, 1898-1973
- Previous seller
- Alida Payne Law (Mrs. Samuel B. Law), Non-Indian, 1898-1973
- Previous owner
- Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
- Donor
- Richard M. Fairbanks, Non-Indian, 1912-2000
- Honoree
- Harold J. Hibben (Harold James Hibben), Non-Indian, 1881-1956
- Object Name
- Pipe tomahawk
- Media/Materials
- Metal head, wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Personal items
