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AN AMERICAN EARLY FEDERAL PERIOD SILVER-INLAID PIPE TOMAHAWK INSCRIBED SEQUETCHEY, circa 1795-1800 The name “SEQUETCHEY” is a version of “SEQUATCHIE”, an Anglicised phonetic derivation of the Cherokee word “SIQUACHE-TS”, a word shortened in colloquial use by the Cherokee, taken from its longer form “SIQUA-UTSETS”, meaning OPOSSUM in translation, or literally GRINNING PIG. Overall length: 22.9 cm / 9in FINE ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & RELATED OBJECTS 38 & 39 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DF tel: +44 (0) 20 7839 5666 fax: +44 (0) 20 7839 5777 email: gallery@peterfiner.com www.peterfiner.com