Best of the West Antique & Native American Auction: November 12th, 2022
Sat, Nov 12, 2022 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 262
Montana State Prison Framed Prison Shivs
Estimate: $400 - $800
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For your consideration is a Framed Collection of Prison Shivs from the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. A shiv, also chiv, schiv, and shivvie, is a homemade knife-like weapon that is commonly associated with prison inmates. The word is possibly derived from the 1670s underworld "cant" for knife, "chive". The derived verb, shiv means "to stab someone", a shivver being an archaic/mostly unused term for a criminal who attacks victims with a knife. A knife improvised in prison is also often called a shank. The word generally applies to both stabbing and edged weapons. A shiv can be anything from a glass shard with fabric wrapped around one end to form a handle, to a razor blade stuck in the end of a toothbrush, to a simple toothbrush handle, filed into a sharp point. In the Federal Bureau of Prisons, sharpened instruments, and knives are considered contraband and their possession is punishable as a highest severity-level prohibited act. These framed shivs are of various sizes and materials. There are seven (7) shivs, all fashioned by hand. The longest is approximately 11", the shortest is 6.5". One shiv was made from a wood dowel, another made from a screw. All handles are wrapped with some type of material including gauze and knitting yarn. Frame has minor scuffing noted, measures 13"W x 17"L x 2.75"D
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