Rice Harvesting Tool
50-49-1379
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1379 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Locus | Amburayan |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Wood | Seed |
| Description | Crescentic blade with spiralled tips recurved to cutting edge; rectangular tang at center of back inserted through round brass disc with notched edges into light pinkish wood handle; central portion spindle-shaped; one end a cock's head with black and red seed eyes (one missing); triangular "feather tips" carved onto neck of spindle-body near head; other end flat, long, ovoid disc. "Rice cutter" |
| Length | 19.3 cm |
| Width | 8.9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.22 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 18 - Other Number |
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