Metacarpal Knife
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1879
name: label: maker
content: Young
notes: label: Description
content: Metacarpal knife with steel blade and ebony handle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0707.01.03
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0707.01.03
label: accession number
content: 1991.0707
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Object Name
content: surgical set
label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Object Name
content: pocket case
label: Other Terms
content: Knife; Cutting Tools; Finger Knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1.1 cm x .5 cm x 17.4 cm; 7/16 in x 3/16 in x 6 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 1/2 in; .635 cm x 17.145 cm x 1.27 cm