Knife

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Mincing Knife

Mincing Knife

Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

2009.500.0286

Description

mincing knife, iron in wood case with wood handles. Metal balde has two handles (one on each end), mincing knife was used to slice "horse pieces" of blubber into blocks of blubber which resembled the leaves of a book ("bible leaves").

Collection

Lighthouse Collection