VIKING SICKLE 866-1067 AD

Cambridgeshire England. Forged iron, 7” length straight measure. Thin curved wedge section blade. Tapered tang with the end folded indicating the length of the grip. Every Viking home had a house garden for herbs and vegetables. Sickles such as this were used to maintain and harvest those gardens. The Frostathing Law, one of Norway’s oldest laws states, "If one man goes in another man's onion garden or angelica garden, then he is lawless." Excavated and professionally conserved.