Knife

CG2015-10-8

From: Europe

Curatorial Section: Historic

Object Number CG2015-10-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European (uncertain)
Provenience Europe
Locus Southern Europe
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799 CE
Section Historic
Materials Animal Horn | Steel
Description

Single edged blade, tapering at distal end, indentation half way up the blade roughly 4.6cm long on both sides. Handle has five pins connecting horn handle to steel center. Three decorative sections consisting of one circle with seven circles around it, one circle with nine circles around it, and one circle with four circles at the cardinal directions

Length 29 cm

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