Object Details
- Description
- This hatchet and knife from the Hormigueros region were used in carving santos. The hatchet is 16 cm. long, and the handle is made of the native guayalote wood and has a hole pierced near the end. The knife has a 9 cm. wooden handle carved into a spiral shape.
- Description (Spanish)
- Esta hacha y trinchante provenientes de la región de Hormigueros se utilizaban para el tallado de santos. El hacha tiene 16 centímetros de largo y el mango está hecho de madera nativa de guayabote y presenta una perforación cerca del extremo. El trinchante tiene un mango de 9 cm. de largo tallado en forma de espiral.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0324
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0324
- Object Name
- knife
- Physical Description
- wood; metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 14.5 cm; in x in x 5 11/16 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico: Hormigueros, Hormigueros
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Work
- Religion
- Vidal
- Title
- Carving Knife and Hatchet
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Craftsman
- Record ID
- nmah_601205
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3b3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
