Object name: Sickle-knife / Year collected: [Missing] / Accession number: Acc.4295 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sickle-knife, accession number 5-15379, described as Sickle-knife, steel. Curved hollow-ground blade, flat, with barb at top edge. Incised design on top side of blade only. Flat projection at hilt. Split wood handle bound with iron strips and braided cordage. Leather thong at base. Length 66.6 centimeters, width (at midpoint of blade) 1.9 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Binja. Materials: forged steel, wood, iron strips, leather thong. Context of use: used in harvesting grain or other plants.