Title
Bone-handle jackknife
Mediumsteel, bone
Dimensions3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.9967
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA small, commercially manufactured jackknife (folding knife), small blade, mottled bone handles (cheeks). The original major blade is either absent or much reduced (to 1/4 of its original size) through honing, sharpening, use, and possible breakage; this small blade only is present.Provenance"HWK" numbered objects are from Henry W. Kendall's personal collection, distinct from the larger Kendall Whaling Museum collection. On View
Not on view
Marble, John C.
19th Century
19th Century
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19th Century
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Josh Beal & Sons
