Tomahawk Blade
2000-16-2
From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2000-16-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | United States of America | Pennsylvania | Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Period | Historic Period |
| Date Made | 1730-1760 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Iron |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | The blade is forged in two pieces of wrought iron. The eye is round and the eye section is covered with punched dots. The crescentic blade is decorated with crosshatched diamonds and chevrons on both sides. The spike is leaf shaped and double edged. |
| Height | 19.3 cm |
| Width | 12.5 cm |
| Depth | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Robert W. Preucel, 2000 |
| Other Number | 173 - Other Number |
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