Knife Handle

40440

From: United States of America | Florida | Southwest Coast (Florida) | Key Marco | Collier County

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 40440
Current Location On Loan
Culture Calusa
Provenience United States of America | Florida | Southwest Coast (Florida) | Key Marco | Collier County
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Date Made 700-1560 CE
Section American
Materials Antler (uncertain)
Description

Handles of knives. Buckhorn and plain. One is tip-shaped to represent tail of rattlesnake. The other is plain; end of tip broken off.

Length 10.6 cm
Width 3 cm
Depth 2 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Florida Expedition, Frank H. Cushing; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 315 - Other Number

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