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

ca. 3000-1700 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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Ceremonial implement; comb shaped blade with one semicircular beveled edge, one straight edge; five conical perforations; semitranslucent; broadly mottled green, cream, and golden tans; circular saw marks. (Broken and mended; irregularities and strata cracks.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Ceremonial objects
Credit lineHarvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏), fragment. ca. 3000-1700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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