Knife Handle
42-30-54
From: North America | United States of America (uncertain) | Canada (uncertain) | New York (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 42-30-54 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iroquois |
| Provenience | North America | United States of America (uncertain) | Canada (uncertain) | New York (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Crooked knife type, blade missing. Left handed. Polished wood, the notch for the blade wrapped with platted fiber cord. Grip in the form of a clenched human hand with a mirror and the initials: "S.A." on the back of the hand and a horse in low relief in back of the thumb. A carved heart in back of the little finger. |
| Length | 19.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number | 208 - Collector Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.