Post-Medieval — Post-Medieval; 1485-1714
Knife
Bone knife and whistle formed from longitudinal slice through bovine, horse or red deer long bone. The parallel edges of the blade flare slightly towards the rounded point. The handle, integral with the blade, is of rectangular section with diagonal grooves on either side as decoration and a neatly drilled round hole. The handle, partially hollowed out, terminates in a whistle. The fipple is missing. The whistle element has been rather crudely formed. There are traces of copper salt staining.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- A25856
- Object name:
- knife
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- Post-Medieval; 1485-1714
- Material:
bone
- Measurements/duration:
- L 135 mm, W 15 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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