Author: Peterson, Harold
Title: American Indian Tomahawks
Description: New York, Museum of the American Indian, 1971. Second, revised edition. Hardcover. A red casebound book with the title in gilt lettering across the front cover and down the spine. Pages: (4), iii-viii, 1-142, 99 pages of black-and-white images most containing multiple items per-page. "History of the tomahawk, belt axe, war hatchet, spontoon, halberd, celtic ax, pipe tomahawks, and naval boarding axes. Numerous photographs and an appendix with a history and descriptions of blacksmiths, with drawings and instructions for forging hatchets." Contents are as follows: A matter of words -- The Indian and the tomahawk -- The simple hatchet or belt axe -- The Missouri war hatchet -- The spontoon tomahawk -- The halberd or "battle axe" tomahawk -- The spiked tomahawk -- Tomahawks with hammer polls -- Celtiform tomahawks -- The pipe tomahawk -- The white man and the tomahawk -- Naval boarding axes. Also includes an Appendix (by Milforg G. Chandler) entitled "The Blacksmith Shop" whch discusses tools and the techique of manufacture, amongst other fascinating details. VG: A mark on the front cover. Exlibrary book with stamps on the front and back free end pages; on the side textblock; stickers on the front pasted end page. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding. No spine label or other external markings.

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