Inventory | Ethnography | Coltello
- Common name
- Knife
- Dialect name
- curtel
- Material
- ivory, metal
Description
Kitchen utensil with a slightly curved metal blade sharpened on one side only, equipped with a sharpened point. The handle was made of ivory. These knives were used in cutting activities, such as slaughtering animals and other daily household tasks.
Use
- Areas of use
- economy and domestic rituals
- Specific use
- cutting tool
- Craft
- domestic use
Preserved specimen
the tool has a blade of immanicate metal material, in this case slightly curved, cutting on one side only and with a sharp point, which can be retracted into the handle, which is made of ivory.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00164
