Well I'm not going but this is......
Side one of the drop.....
Side two.........
What I intended the piece to portray
it's a three "generation" tomahawk....An 18th Century maple handled eastern tomahawk with brass fittings that went west, the braintan grip and small beaded "flares" were added circa 1830's (they are based on a Missouri Warhawk carried by the Mandan Chief, Mato-Tope in a painting by Bodmer circa 1834), then the northern plains style beaded drop, with hawk bells and tin cone tinklers was added circa 1855-60.
The head is sealed with a braintan gasket like many originals making it smokable. The end plug and mouthpiece are made from deer antler - the mouthpiece is hidden by the rear beaded flare, which can be folded back to smoke.
The two knives are:
The on the left has a coyote jawbone grip, the right hand is a bear jawbone grip - both have buffalo rawhide wraps. The hair dangle on the bear jawbone is human - courtesy of my wife, Linda, who did the floral beadwork on the drop.....
Hope ya'll enjoy the look see.......and as always the real thing is better than the pics.......the odor alone adds a lot.......
