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Native American Cheyenne Pipe Tomahawk

Auction Date: March 17, 2023

Sold for: $2,460





Lot: 65

The axe head is made is stipple engraved on both sides, rhombus shaped brass tack decorated shaft, animal trail hide wrapped drop directly above the mouth piece.
With tag that reads: Taken from an old Indian that was killed at McClellan Creek massacre Texas 1874 Cheyenne.
Ex-collection Gary Litherland Kankakee, Illinois. Ex-collection Terry Relsoh. Ex-collection Gilbert Cooper. Classified as an engraved head on page 103 in the book entitled Tomahawks Pipe Axes of the American Frontier (John Baldwin) a similar example is pictured in plate 250 as a Phase III Western Triangular Blade Forged Head Diamond Cut Eye and a similar stippled Cheyenne example is on page 107 plate 265.
Condition: Patina and weathering throughout. Minor surface wear.


Auction Date: March 17, 2023


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