The lot features a late 1700’s early 1800’s “colonial-era” Spontoon Tomahawk from a fine collection out of Paris, France. The piece exhibits a forged iron “knife blade spontoon” or “sheep’s foot spontoon” tomahawk with a large tear drop eyelet hole blacksmith forge folded and showing a long knife blade like / kite like blade showing a punch dot engraving bordering both borders of the top of the blade. The bottom edge of the blade shows various cuts and dings. The top shows a filed band along the eye and two large flaring basal processes. The head is secured to a hardwood solid wood haft handle with original Indian hide gasket underneath the head still in place. There is a band of five old solid brass square shank trade tacks in a band near the top fo the head and at the gripping area the carved handle flares out to a diamond like shape which tapers to a rounded point with pierced hole for a drop or wrist throng, this also shows another band of seven old solid brass square shank trade tacks as well. The head has a rich, dark patina with shiny surface as well as the wood showing a dark rich coloring with shiny patina. The head is secured to the handle but can be removed and has some slight play. Provenance: From a private collection of fine Native American antiquities in Paris, France; acquired from a French collector in Aix en Provence, France. Similar to the “Fine Colonial-Era Spontoon Tomahawk sold by Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates in 2022 for $4,650; the 18th-19th century Great Lakes Tomahawk from the John Baldwin collection and in his 1999 book, “Tomahawks / Pipe Axes of the American Frontier” which sold by NAAC in 2024 for over $4,300 (both w/ bp); and the example from page 132; figure 264 pictured Spontoon tomahawk circa 1800-1810 teardrop eye from “American Indian Tomahawks” by Harold L. Peterson 1965. The piece is well kept and shows no major damages. Measures overall 22-inches long with the head being 10-inches long by 2 5/8-inches wide at the basal processes.