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Harvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏), fragment
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Large cleaver shaped object of the type kuei [gui] 圭; one long, beveled cutting edge; three conical perforations near upper edge; handle end notched on sides and sharply pointed, opposite end is diagonal; mottled gray and putty colored with cream strata marks, dark cloudings, and reddish brown area near handle; lustrous surface. (Old chips and rough areas.)
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
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.
