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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Large bi-facially chipped obsidian blade Mesoamerican 61.8785 obsidian
Tomahawk with iron metal blade and “bleeding heart” cut-out design Native American; Osage (artist and user) 84.1122 wood, stroud cloth, iron
Ivory harpoon Arctic, Inuit 84.1523a-b Ivory, Slate
Ixtlán del Rio hollow figure standing male warrior Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.3729 clay, slip, paint
Spontoon type tomahawk pipe Native American; possibly Sioux 84.1113 wood, metal
Tomahawk African 84.2149 wood, metal, leather, feathers, cotton
Harpoon Arctic, Inuit 84.1698 Wood, Ivory, Iron, Sinew
Bone spear point Arctic, Athabaskan 83.1630 Bone
Wood and ivory harpoon Arctic, Inuit 84.2142a-c Wood, Ivory, Rawhide
Tomahawk pipe with a conventional blade Native American; possibly Nez Perce 84.1114 wood, metal, leather, cloth, felt
Tomahawk pipe with a conventional blade Native American; Chippewa 84.1098 Wood, Metal, Cotton Cloth
War club with a stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide Native American; Sioux 84.1074 wood, leather, buffalo hair, glass, sinew, stone
Ivory harpoon point Arctic, Inuit 83.1631 Ivory
Tomahawk or hatchet with iron metal blade and buffalo hide wrapped around the wood shaft Native American; Plains 84.2144 wood, iron, buffalo hide, horse hair, fur, shell
Spiked tomahawk Unknown 84.1119 wood, iron, cotton, string
La Venganza del Pueblo Leopoldo Méndez, La Estampa Mexicana Mexican 17.49.25 woodblock print on paper
War club with a stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide Native american; Plains 84.1077 wood, leather, buffalo hair, sinew, stone
Ivory harpoon point Arctic, Inuit 83.1633 Ivory
A beaded knife sheath Native American; Plains 84.780 leather, glass, sinew. metal, horsehair
Tomahawk pipe with a buffalo design on the blade Emil William Lenders Native American; Ponca 84.1116 wood, metal