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Kiowa Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk w/ Beaded Drop c.1870

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,800.00 USD Estimated At:6,500.00 - 8,500.00 USD
Kiowa Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk w/ Beaded Drop c.1870
This is an excellent spontoon pipe tomahawk with beaded drop, attributed to the Kiowa Native American Indians of Southwestern Oklahoma of the circa 1870’s. The piece shows a blacksmith forged iron head with under or inward curled basal processes, filed rings on the tall slender pipe bowl, forged chevrons and moldings along the eye, and a raised medium ridge running down the center of the blade on both sides. The blade has an artfully applied copper diamond inlay on both sides. A raised median ridge running down the center of the blade is a documented early weapons feature seen on authentic, period correct examples, as noted by tomahawk scholars and experts, Peterson, Baldwin, Francis, and Hartzler & Knowles. The ash wood haft appears to be original and has a nice, mellow patina with old faded hot file brandings and brass trade tack designs and bands. The beaded drop is comprised of Buffalo Bison Indian tanned hide with old blue and white glass trade pony beads of the correct era in a linear pattern, a strip of old red stroud cloth, and long, hand cut hide fringes; it measures 23 inches in length. The piece shows a good condition with nice, early pony trade beads and fine forged head. Provenance: From the large old Cyrus Eaton Collection of London, England. The club measures overall 24 ¼ inches in length with an additional 23 inches in length at the hide drop. The head is 10 inches in length.