Description (Labels & Markings)
Label tied on with red fabric tape: 'Bought at / [?Chilpancingo Guerrero] / Made probably in Ayutla / 1904 Mexico.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Inscription)
Engraving reads: 'AÑO D 1903'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1949.523 A-C: 'Three knives, with bone handles. A: with leather sheath. Said to be of pattern on Sayula knife in Jalisco. B: probably made in Ayutla. A-B: bought at Chilpancingo in 1904. C: folding type, like a pruning knife. All have engraved blades and C is probably from the same place as A and B'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Hans Friedrich Gadow in 1904.
Event Date 1904
Author: maa

Context (References)
Gadow, Hans. 1908. Through Southern Mexico: Being an Account of the Travels of a Naturalist. London: Witherby & Co. Illustrated p.147.
Event Date 1908
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Rachel Hand: 'Engravings of animals and flowers, and 'Año D 1903'. Loose section in handle. Accretions and rust on blade.'
Event Date 28/3/2000
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with engraved blade, curved tip and horn handle. Long, narrow knife blade with straight cutting edge curved up toward the tip; engraved design on both sides of the blade, one side depicting a dog and flower with the inscription 'AÑO', the other side depicting a bird and flower with the inscription 'D 1903'; truncated pointed-oval copper guard. The handle is made from horn in three sections, two cylindrical pieces and a butt piece shaped like a bird with hooked beak; butt held in place by a concave iron strip and nail.
Event Date 28/6/2021
Author: Katrina Dring