KNIFE, HOOF
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FARRIER'S KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- STEEL, BONE
- Catalogue Number
- P19910038013
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FARRIER'S KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- STEEL, BONE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 20
- Width
- 2.4
- Description
- STEEL BLADE, ANIMAL BONE HANDLE. HANDLE IS BROKEN ON 1 SIDE, EXPOSING MOST OF THE BLADE SHANK. RIVETS HAVE BEEN RE-SET TO ACCOMMODATE BROKEN HANDLE. HOLE AT END OF HANDLE WITH CRACK RUNNING FROM HOLE ACROSS END. "WOSTENHOLM SHEFFIELD ENGLAND" ON BLADE, "TXI" NEAR HANDLE. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY T&E
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, A CARPENTER BY TRADE WORKED IN CALGARY ABOUT 1900-1910. MOST TOOLS HE BROUGHT WITH HIM WHEN HE CAME TO CALGARY. LATER ESTABLISHED A FARM IN MILO AREA OF AB. KNIFE IS USED TO CLEAN HOOVES PRIOR TO SHOEING.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910038013
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-06
- Collection
- Museum
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