The lot features a fantastic pipe tomahawk from the Eastern Native American Indians dating to the mid to early 1800’s. The piece shows a forged iron head with blade showing a slight rear facing curved blade with rear beveled edge having a small rear facing spur, forge molded stepped curved bevels with a curved eyelet having a tear drop eye and nearly the same forge molded stepped curved bevels which flow into the beveled neck with musket rifle octagonal barrel medium height bowl. The bowl is forged from a musket rifle barrel showing an octagon shape, hand cut rifling being fairly worn inside the bowl and accented by forge molded and filed bevels and ridges. The head is secured to the solid wood haft handle with a hide gasket which is still present pressed against the bulged carved wood end holding the clean out plug. The wood haft has a nice medium brown coloring and is slightly curved tapering towards the gripping area and ends an a large smoking tip consisting of pour pewter bullet led. The haft itself follows the shape of the eyelet hole, being tear drop showing a smooth top and median ridge running down the entire bottom edge of the handle. The forged iron head shows a forge welded steel inset for the blade. The piece is very similar to an example well document in the Harold L. Peterson 1965 book “American Indian Tomahawk” on page 129 figure 129; this example of pipe tomahawk having the same blade shape with small rear facing spur and slight rear facing curved blade with octagonal medium height bowl and is attributed to have been presented to Chief Warrior at the Big Tree Treaty of 1797 (of the Iroquois). 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. The piece measure 21” L with a head that is 7.5” L by 2 3/8” W blade by 1 5/8” thick.