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

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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Ceremonial implement; blade form with one long and one short, beveled cutting edge; three conical perforations near upper edge, one near notched handle, also a small circular depression, the outline of a fifth perforation; longitudinal shallow groove down one surface; black with olive-green markings and silver specks; tool marks; lustrous surface. (Edge broken at 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. 2000-1700 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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