Knife with leather sheath
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: Knife (2017.108.23.29a) with a leather sheath (2017.108.23.29b).
label: Description
content: 2017.108.23.29a: A knife with a thin metal blade and a thick, dark, wooden handle. The knife is associated with (2017.108.23.29b). The knife blade is rusty and is mostly uniformly in width, tapering to the knife point. On one side, there is a wide nail nick, just below the knife spine, near the point. The body of the handle is roughly carved and barrel-shaped. The butt of the knife is rounded.
label: Description
content: 2017.108.23.29b: A leather sheath for a knife (2017.108.23.29a). The leather sheath knife-shaped and is constructed from a single piece of chestnut brown leather. The leather has been folded over and single stitched closed with white thread along the seam and reinforced with four (4) metal rivets. Back of the sheath has two (2) belt bucket slits. Between the slits is a fragment of a white paper, adhesive label that reads, [H[O?]MEMAD[E?] / KNIFE / [---?]ADAPTED].
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: 2017.108.23.29ab
objectType: label: Type
content: knives (cutting tools)
label: Type
content: sheaths
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 and wood with leather, metal and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall): 8 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (21.9 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Knife): 7 11/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in. (19.5 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Case): 8 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (21.9 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm)