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1907.82.2

Copper imitation hoe, used for currency. [ZM 17/03/2008]

1907.82.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper imitation hoe, used for currency. [ZM 17/03/2008]
Person
Field collector H.J. Carlisle
PRM source H.J. Carlisle
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1907
Date collected
Before 1907
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1907
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Process Cast, Process Hammered, Process Smelted
Dimensions
Width: max 178 mm, Length: max 332 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1907.82.2
Research and responses

Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line]. However Congo Free State is now Zaïre. Due north of Kabwe is a small finger of Zaire stretching over the northern border of Zambia and this object might come from this area [AP 10/5/2000]

In Balfour's diary of his 1907 trip to southern Africa [PRM ms collections] for September 6 1907 he remarks 'Met Mr. H.J. Carlisle + travelled with him a good deal of the way.' on 7 September 'Saw the train off again at 12.30 pm + arranged to see Carlisle at Bulawayo on my way through on Sunday week.' [unfortunately he doesnt seem to mention him further] [AP 22/09/2005]

Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Trade, Currency, Hoe, Token, Agricultural Tool

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