Folding Knife (Navaja)

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Date Made: 1800 - 1880

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: FrancePlace Collected: United States: North Carolina, Wilkes

Subject: Knives, Men, Personal Accessories, Spain

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Credit Line: Bureau of Ethnology

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.084340Catalog Number: 084340Accession Number: 14255

Object Name: knifeObject Type: cutleryOther Terms: Knife; Personal Utensils; Cutlery; Folding; Pocket

Physical Description: steel (blade; bolsters; backspring; ring; pins material)horn, cow (scales material)nickle silver (shield material)Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 20.955 cm x 3.175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-1ee7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_316555

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