Knife Item Number: Sf500 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A crescent-shaped blade with a short shaft and wider base. The thickness of the blade tapers to a cutting edge along the rounded edge.
Narrative
Inca style ? Late Horizon, 1476-1532 C.E. The form of the shaft and base suggests the blade was hafted to a stalk. An Incan knife has a figure on the handle who holds a hafted axe with this type of head (Kauffmann Doig).
Item History
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- Sf500
- Type of Item
- knife
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and hammered ?
- Overall
- height 0.4 cm, width 12.7 cm, depth 10.2 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0711/0003