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Millet sickle
Contemporary Era
Africa
AL7060
Sickles have been used for harvesting cereals since Prehistory. The first examples were crafted from curved wooden sticks and sharp flint splinters. Their shape has hardly evolved since. This example is used by the Fali people in Cameroon to harvest ‘pinu’ (millet) crops.
Datasheet
- Type: Tool
- Place of origin: Cameroon
- Materials and techniques: Metal, Wood
- Date: 2000
- Dimensions: 37 x 13 x 4 cm
- Weight 114 g