Tomahawk/Axe

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Date created: 2004

Culture/People: Southeast
Artist/Maker: 120th Engineer Combat Battalion
Donor: Sergeant Debra K. Mooney, Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma; 120th Engineer Combat Battalion
Previous owner: 120th Engineer Combat Battalion

Collection History: Made by members of the U.S. Army's 120th Engineer Combat Battalion (headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) and used during their Al Taqaddum Inter-Tribal Powwow, September 17-18, 2004, in Al Taqaddum, Iraq. Donated to NMAI by Battalion members and their chaplain, Sergeant Debra K. Mooney (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), in 2005.
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Place: Al Fallujah; Al Anbar Province; Iraq

See related items: Southeast; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/5139
Barcode: 265139.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Tomahawk/Axe
Media/Materials: Wood, iron blade
Techniques: Carved, hammered, welded
Dimensions: 29 x 17.7 x 4.3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws653f22ba5-a439-4bb1-99a1-9584045f014a

Record ID: NMAI_281334