American Indian & Western May Sale with Luxury Jewelry
Sat, May 30, 2020 11:00AM EDT
Lot 10
Lakota Sioux Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk c. 1880
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,500
Bid Increments
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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 |
This is an excellent and unusual authentic ceremonial spontoon pipe tomahawk from the Lakota Sioux Native American Indians of South Dakota dating to circa 1880. The piece was collected from the Pine Ridge Manderson area and features a forged iron spontoon head with a very large and unusual diamond-shaped cut out of the blade. The head was forged from an old gun barrel with the rifling still being present in the pipe bow. The piece is attached to its original long, ash solid wood haft handle, which is elaborately decorated in brass trade tack designs, pewter silver embellishments and the original clean out plug still intact at the top of the head. Accompanied with the war club and attached at pierced section of the haft just below the gripping area is a drop of beaded hide. The beaded drop shows an Indian tanned hide construction with all period correct glass trade seed beads in a geometric pattern of chalk white, greasy blue, greasy yellow, cobalt and semi-transparent rose. The beaded drop shows a red ocher mineral pigment dye with a round uniform metal concho button and long hand cut Indian tanned hide fringe at the bottom overall measuring 18 inches in length. Overall the tomahawk has a nice deep chocolate patina with slight sheen and various dents and scratches from much true age and honest use. Truly a wonderful scarcely seen ceremonial pipe tomahawk with massive cut out. Measures overall 23.5 inches long with a 9 inch long head.
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