Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Harkins (Choctaw); given to Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana) by Harkins in 1886 (perhaps at the close of the North, Central, and South American Exposition held in New Orleans 1885-1886); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Choctaw
- Seller
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Previous owner
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
- Harkins, Oklahoma Choctaw
- Date created
- 1800-1850
- Object Name
- Pipe tomahawk
- Media/Materials
- Iron, lead, wood, iron/steel head
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 2.2 x 36.8 cm
- Object Type
- Personal items
