Crooked Knife, 19th century

  • North American, Native American

Wood (possibly maple), buckskin and steel

  • Overall: 2 × 9 1/4 × 2 1/4 inches (5.1 × 23.5 × 5.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund

1986.20

(William E. Channing, New York, New York, USA)

1986-present, purchased 1986 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Furst, P. T. and J. L. Furst. North American Indian Art. New York, 1982, p. 225, pl. 227 (ill.). Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3 (1986): 24, fig. 14.

North American, Native American, Crooked Knife, 19th century, wood (possibly maple), buckskin and steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund, 1986.20.