Crooked Knife
Datec. 1840
MediumWood (maple), rawhide, steel
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions10 3/4 inches (27.3 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.498
DescriptionCrooked knife has a dark brown wooden handle (maple) with elbow bend. Finial carved as a horse's head. Steel blade forged from a file, hafted with windings of a rawhide thong (loose).On View
Not on viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas
1700-1795
19th Century
c. 1880
c. 1825
c. 1906
c. 1850
c. 1870
c. 1875
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5th Century BC