Hoe, made from a single piece of bamboo. [AB [OPS Move] 15/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Hoe, made from a single piece of bamboo. [AB [OPS Move] 15/12/2016]
Long description: Hoe, made from a single piece of bamboo. The bamboo has been bent in the middle and the ends crossed. Where the bamboo handles cross they are slit and one end slots into the other, they are bound with cane. The blade section is flat, the handles are carved to have a roughly circle section. [AB [OPS Move] 15/12/2016]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Arunachal Pradesh
Cultural groups: Nyishi
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1947
Date collected: Before 1947
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Process Split, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 45 mm, Width: max 98 mm, Length: max 238 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.7.33
Research and responses: JP Mills retired from India in 1947 so these objects must probably have been collected prior to that date [AP 19/7/2000]

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