This is an exceptional circa 1730-1760 American Indian Spike Tomahawk from New York. The piece shows a forged head showing an iron construction with steel edge. The tomahawk has a crescent curved blade with round eyelet hole and diamond shaped spike. The blade and eye are wonderfully decorated with hand engraved features composed of punched circles along with strait lines, chevrons, cross hatching, and diamond shapes. The solid wood haft handle has a hand hewn stripped faceted finish with black paint finish along with sinew sewn snakeskin wrappings at the top and gripping area with inset raised rings. The forged iron and steel head shows a thick eye hole which tapers gradually toward the sharp blade and on the reverse side tapers to a point to the spike along with showing a median raised edge along the spike itself. The entire piece has an authentic honest patina from age and use and is in very well-preserved condition. The tomahawk axe war club head is very similar to the example documented by Harold L. Peterson in his 1965 book, “American Indian Tomahawks” on page 94 figure 62 photograph 62; this example shows the same diamond shaped spike, crescent blade, engraved finish attributed to the New York region circa 1730-1760. Provenance: From a historic Eastern Montana American Indian Collection, where the piece was found to be an authentic original, one of the finest collections of American Indian weaponry and antiquities in Montana. This is truly a fantastic and scarce authentic New York Native American Indian spike tomahawk with very early 1730-1760 age. Incredibly scarce to find authentic pre-Revolutionary War Indian Weapons. Measures 21”L with the head being 9”L with a blade that is 5 1/8”W and 8”L across the outside of the blade.