Knife from shipwreck

Knife with six-sided wooden handle, one of 200 knives in a barrel recovered from the cargo hold of a wreck of a Dutch East Indiaman. The blade of the knife is heavily corroded.

Object Details

ID: REL0726
Collection: Relics
Type: Knife
Display location: Display - Voyagers
Date made: 18C
Exhibition: Voyagers
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm x 275 mm x 25 mm