Crooked Knife
CultureMaliseet, New Brunswick, Canada
Dateca. 1810
MediumWood, steel, native pigment, and cloth tape
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 1 5/8 inches (25.4 × 4.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ned Jalbert and Keith Ravaioli
Object number2016.57.2
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DescriptionSingle edge knife with a curved wooden handle terminating in a carved scroll with the representation of a beaver.ProvenanceCollection #AS.06;
Nadine Hurst, Cambridge, MA;
William Channing, Santa Fe, NM;
Private Collection;
David Wheatcroft, Westboro, MA;
Ned Jalbert and Keith Ravaioli, Westborough, MA;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; 2016.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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