Trinchante y Hacha
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: This hatchet and knife from the Hormigueros region were used in carving <i>santos</i>. The hatchet is 16 cm. long, and the handle is made of the native <i>guayalote</i> wood and has a hole pierced near the end. The knife has a 9 cm. wooden handle carved into a spiral shape.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta hacha y trinchante provenientes de la región de Hormigueros se utilizaban para el tallado de santos. El hacha tiene 16 centímetros de largo y el mango está hecho de madera nativa de guayabote y presenta una perforación cerca del extremo. El trinchante tiene un mango de 9 cm. de largo tallado en forma de espiral.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Hormigueros, Hormigueros
title: label: Title
content: Carving Knife and Hatchet
topic: label: Subject
content: Craftsman
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0324
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0324
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 14.5 cm; in x in x 5 11/16 in