- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife, for cutting bananas from the stem. [AB [OPS Move] 13/12/2016]
- Long description
- Knife, for cutting bananas from the stem. With an S-shaped blade set into a wooden handle. The tang extends from the handle, it has a hexagonal section, the blade then expands, flattens and curves in an S-shape to a pointed tip. The handle is cylindrical. [AB [OPS Move] 13/12/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- By 1909
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1909
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Turned, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 25 mm, Length: max 530 mm, Width: max 80 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1909.45.2
- Research and responses
According to the OUMNH Annual Report 1899: 6 EA Minchin worked in the Department of Comparative Anatomy [AP 9/8/2007]
Search terms: Tool, Food and Drink, Agriculture and Horticulture, Knife, Food Accessory, Agricultural Tool
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