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Kitchen utility knife

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 kitchen utility knife. The knife has an elongated blade with a straight spine and the blade is mostly straight but curves upwards towards the point. The handle is missing and the short tang is visible. The tang has a hole at the rounded end. Attached is a white paper and metal tag with black, handwritten text that reads, [AHAI / [Pri?]mitive / Knife / 6-22-90] on the front and [WJ] on the back.

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

Catalog reference: 2017.108.23.31

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