National Museum of Asian Art
Harvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏), fragment
ca. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE
Ceremonial implement; long, thin blade form with beveled cutting edge, four conical perforations drilled from same side and niched handle; mottled brownish green with area of tan veins and a strip of translucent lighter green along cutting edge; smooth surface. (End broken, chips.)
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