Knife with wooden handle
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 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.
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: 2017.108.23.30
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 and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 7/16 × 1 1/2 × 15/16 in. (23.9 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm)