This is a fantastic rare and early presentation grade pipe tomahawk war club attributed to the Great Lakes Native American Indian tribe‰Ûªs region and dating to circa 1800. Tomahawks of this higher grade would have been typically owned by upper Great Lakes region Chief‰Ûªs or tribal dignitaries, whereas an average Indian would not have owned a pipe tomahawk this fancy. The piece shows a forged iron tomahawk blade in an English style using the ‰ÛÏpierced eye hole‰Û method as described in Milford Chandler‰Ûªs early blacksmithing chapter in the 1965 book, ‰ÛÏAmerican Indian Tomahawks‰Û by Harold Peterson. The tomahawk appears to have a cast bowl with typical diamond or ‰ÛÏV‰Û pattern accent extending over the eye hold. The blade shows two notches at the top eye hole area with both the top and bottom having a unique etched and cut design. The pipe bowl tomahawk head has clearly been cleaned and polished by a previous collector at some point many years ago, but still has some nice oxidation and flaws from age and use. The hard wood haft is adorned with exceptional artful poured pewter bands, a total of five sections with the first four closest to the head having a similar with two single bands connected with six diagonal running bands. Some of the pewter silver inlays show cracking and are loose from shrinkage and drying of the haft over time, a true attribute of the pieces early authentic page. The end of the tomahawk shows a poured pewter smoking tip that is slightly loose at the mouthpiece. The entire tomahawk shows a deep, rich patina from great use. The tomahawk head is held onto the wooden haft with an original Indian tanned hide gasket as shown. The head measures 8.25‰ÛL x 2.5‰ÛW. The tomahawk measures 18 1/8" long, 8 1/2" wide, and 1 5/8" thick. Provenance: From a large Eastern United States American Indian weapons collection. Other examples of presentation pipe tomahawks with artful pewter inlay include the Cherokee Presentation Pipe Tomahawk circa 1800 sold by our company on 10/28/2017 for $7,000, the Great Lakes Tomahawk with Decorated Inlay sold by Cowan's Auction in their 4/42014 sale for $19,000, the Great Lakes Pewter Inlaid Pipe Tomahawk from our company that sold on 1/6/2018 for $2,800, and also in other examples such as the Cree American Indian Dag Knife c. 1840 sold by our company in our 8/25/2018 sale for $10,000. For a complete representation of condition and for additional images please call 800-686-4216. It is the buyer‰Ûªs responsibility to view each image and preview the item to determine condition.