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  • Object number
    61/237
  • Description
    Sickle, a handle tool used for harvesting crops. Made of steel, and is missing its handle. Dredged from gravel pit in Staines, Surrey, in 1960.
    This is a sickle, a handle tool used for harvesting crops. It is made of steel, and is missing its handle. It was dredged from gravel pit in Staines, Surrey, in 1960.
  • Physical description
    1 sickle: metal
  • Archival history
    MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SICKLE // Dredged from a gravel pit at Staines, Middlesex. // [pencil sketch] // Steel', MERL Recording form – 'Additional information // Found at Ham River Grit Co. gravel pit at end of 1960 - Chertse Road, Staines, Middlesex.'
  • Object name
    Sickle
  • Material
    Metal
  • Associated subject
    HARVESTING : cutting and reaping
    Cereal crop
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