- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron open socketed hoe blade. [AB [OPS Move] 16/12/2016]
- Long description
- Iron open socketed hoe blade. The blade is transverse to the socket, each side tapers one to a point the other has a rounded cutting edge. The socket extends from the centre of the inner edge. The outer cutting edge is bevelled. [AB [OPS Move] 16/12/2016]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- 1934 - 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 24 mm, Length: max 235 mm, Width: max 78 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.5.89 Other numbers: 37D.86B
Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Hoe, Agricultural Tool
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