Knife

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.175

Description

Property M9: Flint Knife Object: weapon or implement, Artist/Maker: unknown (20th Century, Plains) Title/Model: Leather Wrapped Flint Knife, Date/Region: ca. 1940 / Plains Indian, Medium/Technique: flint, catlinite beads, leather & buffalo fur / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 9" H x 7" W x 1.5" D, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A flint blade and handle knife, cut from one piece of stone is wrapped with rawhide strips with catlinite beads and buffalo hair.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018