Sickle, with a slightly curved iron blade bent at a right angle to a straight extending tang, fixed in a turned wooden handle. [AB [OPS Move] 9/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sickle, with a slightly curved iron blade bent at a right angle to a straight extending tang, fixed in a turned wooden handle. [AB [OPS Move] 9/12/2016]
Long description: Sickle, with a slightly curved iron blade bent at a right angle to a straight extending tang, fixed in a turned wooden handle. The handle has a expanding rounded knob at the end. There are six incised bands on the handle. The end of the tang is exposed at the terminal, there is a metal band around the handle where it meets the tang. [AB [OPS Move] 9/12/2016]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Uttar Pradesh Kanpur
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Indian Institute, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: By 1932
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Turned, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Depth: max 40 mm, Width: max 143 mm, Length: max 280 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.89.141 Other numbers: 135