Kitchen utility knife with a wooden handle

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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 with a wooden handle. The knife has an elongated blade with a straight spine that angles slightly downward towards the point. The blade is mostly straight but curves upwards towards the point. The tang is inserted into a slit in the wooden handle, is held in place with two (2) rivets, and is partially visible at the top of the handle. The handle is dark brown and squared with a straight butt. There is a lanyard hole near the butt. Attached is a white paper and metal tag with black, handwritten text that reads, [[A?]HA[I?] / Primit[ive?] / [K?]nif[e?] / [---?]]. On the back is [W[J?

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