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Object Number
983-31-10/58680
Display Title
Iron knife or cleaver
Descriptions
Object Description
1 knife. Wooden hilt, metal blade. Hilt covered with brass plaques with rampant quadrupeds. Thick blade with floral medallions; heavily worn and abused through use as tool for splitting wood. Iron knife or cleaver
Inventory Description
Metal, iron knife, with decorative blade and wood and brass handle, tip broken
Classification
- Knife
Department
Archaeological
Date
16th Century -17th Century
Culture
- Colonial Period
- Spanish
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
<City>
/
Old Oraibi?; Keam's Canyon?
Materials
Iron, Brass, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (8 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
983-31-10/58680
Provenance
Provenance
Peter Stauffer
(1909 post)
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