Tomahawk
63-8-50
From: United States of America
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 63-8-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sioux (uncertain) |
| Provenience | United States of America |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Catlinite | Lead |
| Description | Leaded. Half-moon shaped with a stem in the center; broken; tips also broken. Cut-out designs in middle radiating in four directions. Small, lead inlay of 8-sided stars hollow in center at each tip on one side only. Bevelled edge around bottom. Cut with European tools. Joins with 63-8-45. |
| Length | 9.3 cm |
| Width | 14.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert Pemberton, 1963 |
| Other Number | L-260-50 - Old Loan Number |
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