Knife

2010-28-6

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2010-28-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Samoan
Provenience Samoa Islands
Manufacture Location Sheffield | England
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Steel
Iconography Boar Head
Inscription Language English Language
Description

Cane knife (nifo'oti). The knife consists of a long blade with a wooden handle with plaited fiber banding around the handle. It has a straight sided blade with a protrusion curving out from the top. The inscription on the blade reads: JOSEPH BEALS & SONS SHEFFIELD. The tradmark of a boar's head and the word ENDURE appears as well.

Length 80 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Other Number 1995.X.15941 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.15941 - Other Number

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