Knife
date: label: Date made
content: 1880s
notes: label: Description
content: A knife was an essential tool on a whaleboat, where the quick cutting of a tangled line snagged on a man’s ankle or on an object in the boat could mean the difference between life or death.
topic: label: Subject
content: Whaling
label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
label: related event
content: The Development of the Industrial United States
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lawrence & Co. through J. T. Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.103026
label: catalog number
content: 103026
label: accession number
content: 12328
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Other Terms
content: knife; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 21 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 53.34 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: blade: 12 in; 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: handle: 8 3/4 in; 22.225 cm