The lot features a pipe tomahawk having a weeping heart inlay and beaded drop from the Sioux Native American Indians from the 19th Century. The tomahawk is a large, heavy example with hand blacksmith forged iron head. At the blade is a copper inlaid weeping heart at the center and is further inlaid with copper disks above. The blade is a larger Western pattern with no spur, forged stepped moldings at the eye, filed ridges and molded and filed chevron and fantastic artful vase like ridged pipe bowl. The tomahawk has a diamond shaped eyelet hole with diamond shaped cut hard wood haft with extensive diagonal hot file brandings and old brass trade tacks. According to tomahawk scholars and authors, Baldwin, Peterson, Francis, and Hartzler & Knowles the diamond-shaped eye hole on the head and haft dates the piece to circa 1880. The beaded drop is comprised of Indian brain-tanned Buffalo hide with Buffalo hide fringe. The drop has a blue stroud wool clothe strip and is covered in glass trade seed beadwork of the 19th Century with a light blue background and Buffalo Track patterns in cobalt. The head has a nice dark coloring, the haft is also well patin’d with mellow old brass trade tacks and the drop has little bead loss and supple hide. Overall good condition for its use and age. The head measures 11.5”L by 4.25”L across the bottom of the blade. The tomahawk overall is 29.5”L with an additional 21”L drop. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Dale Harrison of Cincinnati, Ohio.