Pipe Axe

Object types tomahawk pipe

Materials wood, steel, brass
Place (findspot) Found/Acquired North America
Date 1780-1830 (circa)
Ethnic group Made by Northeast Peoples

Description Pipe-tomahawk with engraved brass blade and steel cutting edge.

Dimensions Length: 65 centimetres

Acquisition name Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks

Exhibition History 2004 7 Jun-Present, BM Room 26; Gallery of North America, Case: "The Northeastern Woodlands" 1977 15 Dec-1978 30 Oct, Museum of Mankind, Room 9; Smoking Pipes of the North American Indian

Copy and photos from The British Museum.