Lot 1577

Sale 115 · Important Australian, Ancient British & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Vintage small forest axe tomahawk, c1800s, head with impressed stamp 'F/500', of the style of Gransfors British trade axe tomahawk, with vintage timber flat handle (63cm long and 3.8cm wide). Very fine.

Before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, native Indians used stone axes. English and Scottish settlers to James Town, Virginia in 1607 brought the axes to America and soon they became very useful for trading with the local Indians and soon they came into permanent use with them and became known as tomahawks.

Estimate
$100
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$70

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