Knife from the Tubman household

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On View: Segregation Gallery; Museum Maps; Objects in this Location

Exhibition: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913

Date: 1870s

Medium: wood and metal
Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/8 x 1 in. (23.2 x 2.5 cm)

Description: Wooden-handled knife from the Tubman household.

Place used: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Tools and Equipment

Type: knives (culinary tools)

Topic: Black interiors; Cooking and dining; Domestic life; U.S. History, 1865-1921

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson

Object number: 2009.50.35a

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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