Sickle with short wooden handle attached to long, narrow metal curve. (used especially for cutting grass)

Metadata

Title

Date

mid-19th C.

Description

The handle of the sickle has three small, deep gashes. Hand-forged steel blade with wooden handle. Typical of Eastern Pennsylvania.

Type

grain hook sickle

Accession Number

ccccp 201

Cataloged By

Carol Hickey

Condition

very good. 2-21-85

Negative Number

19, 20

Measurements

L (of handle)- 5.25"

Photo Roll Number

Where Made

Eastern PA, USA.

Date Cataloged

1985-02-21

Citation

“Sickle with short wooden handle attached to long, narrow metal curve. (used especially for cutting grass),” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed November 22, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/22326.

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