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TWO NATIVE AMERICAN TOMAHAWKS
The first with lead inset wood stem and cast iron axe head with pipe stem; the second with gently curved wood stem and brass and iron axe head engraved with floral motifs and with pipe bowl to the reverse
The tomahawks 48 and 42 cm. high
Together with three Native American wood pipe stems; one decorated with beadwork and with faint inscription in ink Chief Stinking Be(a)rs P(eace) Pip(e) (5)
The first with lead inset wood stem and cast iron axe head with pipe stem; the second with gently curved wood stem and brass and iron axe head engraved with floral motifs and with pipe bowl to the reverse
The tomahawks 48 and 42 cm. high
Together with three Native American wood pipe stems; one decorated with beadwork and with faint inscription in ink Chief Stinking Be(a)rs P(eace) Pip(e) (5)
Literature
Part of this lot is illustrated in G.A. Brongers, Van gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp, Amerongen, 1978, p. 11
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Judith Herngreen