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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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Long, slender chisel shaped object of the type kuei [gui] 圭; one short and one long edge beveled; one large and one small conical perforation near each end; dull olive gray with light and dark undersurface specks; one short edge rough and unfinished. (Slightly chipped.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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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