June Western & American Indian Auction w/ Luxury Jewelry
Sat, Jun 19, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 87
Early Eastern Cherokee War Club Tomahawk 19th
Estimate: $3,750 - $5,750
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| $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 |
The lot features a heavy tomahawk war club attributed to the Eastern Cherokee Native American Indians of North Carolina. Provenance: From the ex-collections of John Baldwin, noted tomahawk and historic objects author and collector and Cyrus Eaton of London, England. The piece shows a blacksmith hand-forged iron axe head with round eyelet hole and paired round smooth carved walnut haft handle. The head is secured to the haft with old buckskin gaskets and brass trade tacks. The handle is adorned with brass trade tacks and an Indian tanned hide band / collar covered in early glass trade seed beads in colors of chalk white, medium green, and red white hearts all being stomach sinew sewn, a nice early attributed all in a geometric pattern. The gripping area exhibits a wrap of old blue and yellow faded trade clothe and a fringe-cut sleeve at the top and base flowing into the long frilly fringe drop. The haft has a nice, deep shiny patina with minor wear from honest age and Native use. Primitive trade axe heads such as this were commonly seen in the Eastern tribes such as the Cherokee in the Carolinas in the late 1700’s to mid-1800’s as documented by Hartzler & Knowles, Baldwin, Francis, Peterson, etc. The piece was said to have been collected in the Black Mountain area of North Carolina. Provenance: Ex-John Baldwin / Cyrus Eaton London, England. Measures overall 19.5”L with an additional 8”L fringe. The head measures 6”L by 2.75”W across the blade.
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