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Blackfoot Triple Batwing Pipe Tomahawk

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD
Blackfoot Triple Batwing Pipe Tomahawk
This is an exceptional and important batwing pipe tomahawk war club from the Blackfoot Native Americans circa 1880.Provenance : The tomahawk is from a large private collection in Paris, France and was purchased directly from collector/dealer Mark Francis. Mark Francis is one of the foremost knowledge on early tomahawks and wrote the book, "The Mark Francis Collection of American Indian Art" and "The Missouri War Axe". The tomahawks shows the extremely rare tripple batwing punchouts with this being the only example having three batwings. The forged iron blade showsthe three punch outs and eight pierced round accents. The wood shaft has various very old brass tacks accenting the piece. Measures overall 21.5"L x3.75"Wx1.5" thick pipe tomahawk head. Similar and earlier double batwing tomahawks have sold for 35,000. and other tomahawks from Mark Francis collection have sold in excess of 50,000. The haft is loose from the head of the tomahawk head allowing visual inspection and authentication. Please verify with markfrancis.com to independently to the provenance of this item where it was purchased from him.