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Subiaco Museum > Records

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Sickle with wooden handle attached with collar to black painted steel cranked shaft The shaft is round steel flattened where it is attached to the blade.The crescent shaped blade joined to shaft with two bolts. There are two 6mm round holes in the sickle blade, one near where the handle is attached and the other 60mm from the pointed end. There are remains of yellow paint on the lower (blunt) edge of the blade. The reverse is rusty and is stamped with the word 'JAPAN'. The wooden handle hs the remains of a sticker with initials 'HP' on it in yellow on blue.

Historical information

The sickle was found at 239 Railway Road, Subiaco after the house was sold as a deceased estate. The previous owner had built the house in 1935. At that time the occupant was listed as Jno C Mackintosh, who apparently enlisted for the Second World War. For a year (or so) from 1942 the occupant of 239 Railway Road was shown as Woodhouse. However records in 1946 and onwards show the occupier was listed as Mrs Florence L Mackintosh, (John Cameron Mackintosh's wife).

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2011.10

Item type

Material

Width

380 mm

Height or length

400 mm

Depth

20 mm

Inscriptions and markings

'JAPAN'

Keywords

Railway Road [239], Shenton Park

Photographed 2023

Statement of significance

Sickle found at 239 Railway Road, Subiaco after sale as deceased estate.

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