knife, crooked

knife, crooked

knife, crooked

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Nation of Maker: American American
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s
Materials

Hardwood, commercial leather and steel

Techniques or Format

Crooked knife, consisting of a short blade made from a file, hafted with a tang to a wooden handle. The cylindrical, central part of the handle is wrapped in a sleeve of brown buckskin. The wood on this object may be maple.

Motifs and Patterns

The distal end from the blade is carved in the form of a human hand with fingers curled as if grasping, thumb pendant to the forefinger between the second and third joints. The fingers are thin, uniformly sized, with relief-carved finger nails.

Dimensions: 9.25 × 2.25 × 2 in
Condition: Excellent. No visible damage, deep patination.
Current Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1986.20
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1986
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: William E. Channing
Collection Narratives and Histories

Donor: Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund

Publication History

Peter Furst and Jill Furst

GKS Reference Number: 25052
Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

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