Sugar cane cutter

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A short-handled sugar cane cutter with metal blade and wood handle. The metal blade is flat and wide at the head, tapering slightly towards the hilt. There is a hook protruding from the widest portion of the head of the blade. There are four metal nails in the wood handle. There are fragments of wood missing from the butt of the handle, exposing parts of the nails.

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