Knife

Museum number:
9-11468
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SS (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
knife, wood (teak?) handle and iron blade riveted to handle; length 63 cm; 46.5 cm x 6 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
for cutting meat, fowls, and vegetables; specificaly for killing the animal with one stroke - the Soleh way - and arose because Hindus didn't want to cut at all
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
handle— length 63 centimeters, blade— width 6 centimeters, and blade— length 46.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Knife, accession number 9-11468, described as knife, wood (teak?) handle and iron blade riveted to handle; length 63 cm; 46.5 cm x 6 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Knife, accession number 9-11468, described as knife, wood (teak?) handle and iron blade riveted to handle; length 63 cm; 46.5 cm x 6 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 9-11468, described as knife, wood (teak?) handle and iron blade riveted to handle; length 63 cm; 46.5 cm x 6 cm

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