Kinfe and sheath

Museum number:
18-584
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Rice tool; wrought iron hemispherical blade set in mahogany sheath. To remove upper part of rice stalk; compare with 18-583. With sheath 12.5 cm.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kinfe and sheath, accession number 18-584, described as Rice tool; wrought iron hemispherical blade set in mahogany sheath. To remove upper part of rice stalk; compare with 18-583. With sheath 12.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kinfe and sheath, accession number 18-584, described as Rice tool; wrought iron hemispherical blade set in mahogany sheath. To remove upper part of rice stalk; compare with 18-583. With sheath 12.5 cm.

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