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Crooked Knife

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 view
Collections
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • Storage - Long-term   Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: M. G. Chandler
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