Sickle

Museum number:
5-4640
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004640
Accession number:
Acc.2078
Description:
Iron sickle with serrated edge and wood handle; used to clear brush and to harvest crops (including wheat and barley). All iron is made by Falasha men and sold or traded to Amhara, Qemant and Wayto.
Donor:
Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Walaka, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Wäläka; Falasha Tribe
Culture or time period:
Falasha
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sickle, accession number 5-4640, described as Iron sickle with serrated edge and wood handle; used to clear brush and to harvest crops (including wheat and barley). All iron is made by Falasha men and sold or traded to Amhara, Qemant and Wayto.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sickle, accession number 5-4640, described as Iron sickle with serrated edge and wood handle; used to clear brush and to harvest crops (including wheat and barley). All iron is made by Falasha men and sold or traded to Amhara, Qemant and Wayto.

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