Rice Harvesting Tool
50-49-1381
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1381 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Locus | Amburayan |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Wood | Seed |
| Description | Similar to 1379 and 1380; crescentic blade at angle to axis of handle which is snake-shaped; red and black seed eyes; incised diamond-hatching on body; wood stained or burned on dorsal and lateral surface; ventral mostly light color; oval brass plate, notched for tang insertion; small heart-shaped brass bangles on wire loops through spiral blade tips. "Rice cutter." |
| Length | 38 cm |
| Width | 14.61 cm |
| Thickness | 0.23 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 15 - Other Number |
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