Kitchen utility knife
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.31
objectType: label: Type
content: knives (cutting tools)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 18 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1/8 in. (46.3 × 4 × 0.3 cm)