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Culture/People
Assiniboine (Stoney)
Artist/Maker
B. Wood, Assiniboine (Stoney)
Previous seller
P. A. Revell, Non-Indian
Previous owner
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
Seller
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
MAI agent
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Object Name
Pipe tomahawk (No image available)
Media/Materials
Iron/steel head, wood
Techniques
Carved
Object Type
Personal items
Place
Montana or Alberta; USA, Canada (inferred)
Date created
circa 1800
Collection History
Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1913 from P.A. Revell; purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.