National Museum of Asian Art
Harvesting knife (<em>hu</em> 笏), fragment
ca. 2000-ca. 1600 BCE
Tablet, in long narrow trapezoidal form, a fragment of a larger original. Single bevel on one face; double bevel on the other. Type hu. Two perforations. (Color: dull olive green, slightly mottled, and with grayish areas of incipient disintegration. Decoration incised. Textile impression on both sides.)
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