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

ca. 2000-ca. 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; long thin blade form, of the type kuei [gui] 圭; niched handle of uneven thickness with one perforation; tool marks and longitudinal ridge on one surface; translucent, mottled blue gray and green gray with scattered dark and light spots and areas of brown stain; mirror like luster. (Long break on edge, disintegrated hole, rough patches on handle.)

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. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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