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C. 1930s-1940.  Brass pipe tomahawk, copper wire wrapped stem, w/attached hide beaded drop.  Beadwork is cotton sewn, but pattern is 19th-century design.  Length is 37" and pipe tomahawk head is 7.875" long.  The pipe tomahawk is a 20th-century reproduction of a 19th-century original.  Beadwork drop may actually be from the 1890s.  Cat. No. 62.31.28.  Courtesy Wyoming State Museum.

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