Sickle

Museum number:
9-11527
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SS (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
sickle; wood handle, iron connecting joint, iron blade, curving, sharpened on one side. Length 33 cm, handle length 7 cm, blade length 20 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian and Indian cultures
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used for cutting grasses, by males. cost: RS. 5.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
blade— length 1.2 centimeters, length 33 centimeters, and handle— length 1.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sickle, accession number 9-11527, described as sickle; wood handle, iron connecting joint, iron blade, curving, sharpened on one side. Length 33 cm, handle length 7 cm, blade length 20 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sickle, accession number 9-11527, described as sickle; wood handle, iron connecting joint, iron blade, curving, sharpened on one side. Length 33 cm, handle length 7 cm, blade length 20 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sickle, accession number 9-11527, described as sickle; wood handle, iron connecting joint, iron blade, curving, sharpened on one side. Length 33 cm, handle length 7 cm, blade length 20 cm.

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