Object number
51/60
Collection
Description
This is a fairly heavy right-handed man’s sickle with no trace of a saw edge (a serrated blade). The sickle was the earliest tool for reaping corn, with this shape dating to Saxon times, and was in common use until 1870. The reaper stooped and, grasping a bunch of corn in one hand, curved the sickle round it and cut the straw by drawing the sickle towards him.
Physical description
1 sickle: metal (iron); wood
Archival history
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/60 // NAME: SICKLE // NEG NO.: 35/60, 35/587 // STORAGE: '
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_60.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_587.tif - High resolution image
