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Ancient Harvest Sickle
Sickles in various forms, usually with a hooked blade, were used word wide for the hand reaping of grain and the cutting of forage for confined livestock. This archeological example from Burkina Faso came to me as “Dagari.” It has a waving cutting age and long handle with a flattened, splayed end that would not have allowed it to be secured to wooden handle. Instead it was likely once upon a time given a fatter, softer handle through wrappings of recycled textile or woven fiber bound in hide. 12″ tall, mounted on a steel base.
