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Description

Crooked knife with an iron blade attached to an antler handle with two iron rivets. The handle is curved in a slight arc, and at the end with the blade it is cut aslant and has an indentation on the face opposite the blade to provide a grip for the thumb when held in the right hand. The handle is decorated on the same face with two parallel incised lines that follow the bottom edge of the handle.

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E2287-0
  • Object Type: crooked knife
  • Materials: iron, antler
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, smoothening, riveting, incising
  • Tags: tool

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