DepartmentLatin America

Dessert Knives

NameKnife

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1970

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumWood, bone, enamel paint

Dimensions9 7/16 × 1 × 2 3/16 in. (24 × 2.5 × 5.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.364X

Object numberA.1979.32.364X

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionThin bone blade; bone decoration at base of blade and end of handle. Lathe-turned wood handle; enamel paint in red, blue, green-blue, and green. // $5 ea.

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