- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hoe blade, iron, oval with tang. [El.B 27/11/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Kalanga
- Person
- Maker Makalanga ironsmiths
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wirzing Brothers
- PRM source Henry Balfour
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- Before 1905
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 08/1905
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Length: max 497 mm, Width: max 220 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1905.80.1
Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Metallurgy, Agricultural Tool, Hoe
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