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Brass handle; fish shaped with bars of brass etched with meandering lines, alternating with bands of bone or ebony; steel; curved blade with brass hardware.
switchblade knives
brass (alloy)
Knife, Weapon
Knife, Switchblade
Knife, Switchblade
Engraved on blade: ""asio/ 860""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7201
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