Rice sickle from Awendaw, South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th-mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A rice sickle with a wooden handle. The sickle has a short, wooden handle with a curved grip and a slightly bulbous base. The top of the handle is diagonally cut. The blade is J-shaped with a serrated interior edge. The blade's tang is embedded in the top of the handle.
place: label: Place used
content: Awendaw, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.23.49
objectType: label: Type
content: sickles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 9/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (37 × 28.5 × 3.2 cm)