Object Details
Description
Small slant-point graver-type knife set in black wooden handle used in Japanese woodblock cutting. Embosssed with maker's chop. See illustrations GA*03209.03-.04. See Item No. 3 in watercolor showing the woodblock cutter's tools which is represented by GA.03210.03, the handle only. As of 2017, we believe that GA.03211.12 is a replacement knife acquired for exhibition purposes when the original knife lost its blade.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90
ID Number
GA.03211.12
accession number
22582
catalog number
03211.12
Object Name
knife
Measurements
overall: 13 cm; 5 1/8 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1412932