North American Auction Company
Live Auction

American Indian & The West June 8th Sale

Sat, Jun 8, 2019 12:00PM EDT
Lot 228

Crow Beaded Deer Jawbone & Horsehair Tomahawk

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
For your bidding pleasure is this Crow Multi Beaded Deer Jawbone And Horsehair Tomahawk. This tomahawk is finely crafted with wood shaft with an animal hide wrapped around the shaft with a dense hide with the fur still attached to it above and below the wrapped half. Above the top bit of fur is one strand of sinew twine with beads around it wrapped in thirty-seven coils leading to the top of the tomahawk. The deer jawbone is secured to the top by a unique system of sinew twine wrapped around a peg below it and fastened into a nook on the tip of the tomahawk half. The hind end of the tomahawk is wrapped in leather with some leather tassels hanging from the front of the wrap, and horse hair hanging from the hind of the wrap. The measurement of this tomahawk are 19" x 9".

Condition

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