E0460: Pipe Bowl

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0460

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Personal Gear

Materials:

metal ➔ copper

Dimensions:

19.5 cm L
7.5 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Elkman, Wisconsin (?), USA

Description:

Crast brass or bronze tomahawk pipe bowl. in the 1700s the original tomahawk was adapted and known as the pipe tomahawk. What makes it different is the regular tomahawk blade at one end, and a pipe bowl on the other. They could be used for smoking and chopping when necessary, but usually more symbolic.

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