Antique Pipe Tomahawk

Object types

tomahawk pipe

Materials

wood, iron

Place

Found/Acquired North America

Date

1800 (circa)

Ethnic group

Made by Northeast Peoples

Dimensions

Length: 40 centimetres

Acquisition date

1878

Acquisition name

Purchased from Lt-Gen Augustus W H Meyrick

Exhibition History

1977 15 Dec-1978 30 Oct, Museum of Mankind, Room 9; Smoking Pipes of the North American Indian

1982-1987 Jun-Jan, Museum of Mankind, Thunderbird and Lightning: Indian Life in North America, 1600-1900

2002 Oct-2008 Oct, The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol, Permanent Gallery display

Copy and photos from The British Museum.