- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden hoe with handle of light wood and inserted blade of dark wood. [JC [OPS Move] 19/12/2016]
- Long description
- Wooden hoe with handle of light wood and inserted blade of dark wood. The handle is cylindrical with a swell at the head. The narrow tang of the rectangular blade is set into a slot in the head. [JC [OPS Move] 19/12/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Bagamoyo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1929
- Date collected
- By 1929
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1929
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 508 mm, Width: max 268 mm, Depth: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1929.94.5
Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Hoe, Agricultural Tool
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