1. Bought from Lee Van Ching [Li Wenqing] 李文卿, of Shanghai 上海, in New York. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 248. $75.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Han 漢. See further, S.I. 1114, Appendix VIII. (See Paragraph 6.)
3. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1928) Han 漢 or earlier (?).
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.862.
5. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty.
6. (H. Elise Buckman, 1964) The Envelope File contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.
7. (Thomas Lawton, 1973) The following information was carved on the box in which this object arrived: Chou ta fu hu [Zhou Dafu hu] 周大夫笏.
8. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Late Shang 商.
9. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) This blade has some characteristics of the horizontal knife discussed on F1917.24, as well as some elements of a "chang [zhang] 璋" scepter (compare F1916.369). The latter include the suggestion of a grip on the short straight end and the concave depression near the opposite end of the blade. However, the longest edge is beveled to a blade like a horizontal knife. An object of comparable size and shape, but with just one perforation and just one blade edge, was found at Shih mao [Shimao] 石峁, Shen mu [Shenmu] 神木, Shensi [Shaanxi] 陝西 (Tai Ying-hsin [Dai Yingxin] 戴應新, "Shensi Shen-mu hsien Shih-mao Lung-shan wen-hua i-chih tiao-ch'a [Shaanxi Shenmu xian Shimao Longshan wenhua yizhi diaocha] 陝西神木縣石峁龍山文化遺址調查," K'ao ku [Kaogu] 考古 1977.3, pl. 4:4).
For a further discussion see F1917.24.
10. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 8, 2008) Ceremonial Object added as secondary classification.
11. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 2, 2010) Object name changed from "Ceremonial implement" to "Ceremonial object"; title from "Ceremonial implement" to "Harvesting knife (hu 笏)."
12. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, April 21, 2016) Period changed from Shang dynasty with object date of 1600-1050 BCE to Late Neolithic period, with object date of ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE.
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