Crooked Knife

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Crooked Knife

Entry/Object ID

L2024.3.147

Description

Steel blade affixed to "crooked" wood handle with pewter fastener

Use

Basket maker

Context

This item is unique in American Abenaki crooked knives in that the blade is held to the crooked wood handle by a cast pewter bolster.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Abenaki Cultural Conservancy

Made/Created

Date made

1880 - 1920

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Knife, Crooked

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife, Woodworking

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Wood, Steel, Pewter