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Knife with wooden handle

mid 19th-mid 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A knife with a wooden handle. The knife has a blade with a straight spine. The tang is inserted into a slit in the wooden handle and is held in place with two (2) rivets and is partially visible at the top of the handle. The handle is dark brown, squared and the butt is slightly diagonal. The blade is angled slightly upwards from the handle.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2017.108.23.30

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