Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card reads: 'Artefact collected by Dr Ray Abrahams in 1982, through the generosity of the Crowther-Beynon Fund.'
Event Date 1982
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card reads: 'While occasionally new scythes are made, in the main old scythes are refurbished. Rye is planted in the summer and in September it is cut to the height of a few inches above ground in order that it freezes properly over the winter.'
Event Date 1982
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Department of Social Anthropology, 1983 to January 1988.
Event Date 1983
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Scythe of iron-work; Good; Whole.
Event Date 15/3/1988
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in Maudslay Gallery, at UCMAA, from 1990. Removed from display (Mediterranean case) in Autumn 2009.
Event Date 1990
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Production / use)
Box-list inform us that Esko Kettunen is a blacksmith
Event Date 11/09/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Scythe of iron-work, made by Esko Kettunen.
Event Date 21/3/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Viikate. Scythe of iron work made by Esko Kettunen; one terminal is curved and tapers to a point, bent at an angle to the scythe; possibly a handle. The other terminal tapers to a point. Inside edge is thinned to a cutting edge; central fuller follows the shape of the scythe. 'EK' is stamped in a rectangle at the curve.
Event Date 7/3/2023
Author: Sam Daisley