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Harvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏)
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Harvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏)

ca. 2000-1700 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Thin knife blade with one cutting edge of the type hu 笏; blade beveled and sharpened; three oblong, longitudinal perforations near upper edge; reverse cut in two planes; semi-translucent, mottled yellowish gray with dark gray areas and black spots; satin smooth surface, some granular pitted areas. (Edge slightly chipped.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Subjects
Ceremonial objects
Credit lineHarvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏). ca. 2000-1700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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