Sickle blade - Kamanoh

Japanese: 鎌の刃 - かまのは
Sickle blade - Kamanoh

…Also, small stone tools called side blades, which are rectangular and have both sides machined, are sometimes referred to as stone saws without serrated edges. In comparison with the Middle Eastern sickle blades, there is a theory that they were fitted into wooden or bone shafts and used as sickles, but in light of their distribution, the more likely theory is that they were used as harpoon tips in combination with sawtooth points. [Izumi Takuro]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "sickle blade" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,長方形を呈し,両辺から加工を施したサイドブレードと呼ぶ小型の石器を,鋸歯状の刃を持たない石鋸とすることもある。中近東の〈鎌の刃sickle blade〉と比較して,木や骨の軸に並べてはめ込み,鎌として用いたとする説もあるが,分布からみて,鋸歯状尖頭器と組み合わせて銛先として用いたとする説がより有力である。【泉 拓良】。…

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