Rice cutter

Museum number:
18-142
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1728
Description:
Rice cutter (blade missing); red-painted cane shaft ending in painted “wayang” head; dragon-like wood crosspiece painted in red, gold and black with metal tongue. Used to cut rice in paddy. Height shaft 31.2 cm.
Donor:
Fay Van Ophen
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Javanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rice cutter, accession number 18-142, described as Rice cutter (blade missing); red-painted cane shaft ending in painted “wayang” head; dragon-like wood crosspiece painted in red, gold and black with metal tongue. Used to cut rice in paddy. Height shaft 31.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rice cutter, accession number 18-142, described as Rice cutter (blade missing); red-painted cane shaft ending in painted “wayang” head; dragon-like wood crosspiece painted in red, gold and black with metal tongue. Used to cut rice in paddy. Height shaft 31.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rice cutter, accession number 18-142, described as Rice cutter (blade missing); red-painted cane shaft ending in painted “wayang” head; dragon-like wood crosspiece painted in red, gold and black with metal tongue. Used to cut rice in paddy. Height shaft 31.2 cm.

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