Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Kitchen utility knife
mid 19th-mid 20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A kitchen utility knife. The knife has an elongated blade with a straight spine and the blade is mostly straight but curves upwards towards the point. The handle is missing and the short tang is visible. The tang has a hole at the rounded end. Attached is a white paper and metal tag with black, handwritten text that reads, [AHAI / [Pri?]mitive / Knife / 6-22-90] on the front and [WJ] on the back.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2017.108.23.31
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