Hunting Knife with a Set of Implements (Trousse)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1570

Hunting Knife with a Set of Implements (Trousse) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, silver, cowhorn, copper, leather, textile (velvet)

Dimensions

Knife (04.3.153a); L. with sheath 13 3/4 in. (35 cm); L. without sheath 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 15.4 oz. (436.6 g); Wt. of sheath 12 oz. (340.2 g); small knife (04.3.154); L. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Wt. 1.7 oz. (48.2 g); small knife (04.3.155); L. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Wt. 1.4 oz. (39.7 g); pricker (04.3.156); L. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); W. 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g); small knife (04.3.157); L. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); W. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g)

Classification

Daggers

Culture

German, possibly Bavaria

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1904

Accession Number

04.3.153a, b–.157

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