Kitchen utility knife with a 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 kitchen utility knife with a wooden handle. The knife has an elongated blade with a straight spine that angles slightly downward towards the point. The blade is mostly straight but curves upwards towards the point. The tang is inserted into a slit in the wooden handle, is held in place with two (2) rivets, and is partially visible at the top of the handle. The handle is dark brown and squared with a straight butt. There is a lanyard hole near the butt. Attached is a white paper and metal tag with black, handwritten text that reads, [[A?]HA[I?] / Primit[ive?] / [K?]nif[e?] / [---?]]. On the back is [W[J?]]
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: 2017.108.23.32
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: 16 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 15/16 in. (41.4 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm)