Tomahawk
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Wood, buckskin, beads, metal
DATES
late 19th–early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
Tomahawk: 22 7/16 x 6 11/16 in. (57 x 17 cm)
Dangler: 16 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (41.9 x 8.3 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
26.802
CREDIT LINE
Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tomahawk with long wooden handle and metal head. Handle has studs in two rows with 4 diagonal stripes around it. A wrapped, beaded blue, white, and red hide piece slips over handle with an attached beaded and fringed flap hanging down from it. The flap's design includes a beaded cross in the center and a triangular form above the fringed end. The object was part of Red Cloud's War Outfit purchased in 1926 as material having belonged to him. Red Cloud lived from 1822 until 1909.
Condition: Good; the pieces should be stored together.
There is writing on the blade that reads partially:
2
COH o\u LS
Cast steel
oits + co (or ons + co.)
op.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Oglala, Lakota, Sioux. Tomahawk, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, buckskin, beads, metal, Tomahawk: 22 7/16 x 6 11/16 in. (57 x 17 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 26.802. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 26.792_26.802_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
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