Agricultural tool of bill-hook type. It consists of a slightly curved, cylindrical wooden handle, flared at one end, into which is set a one-edged rectangular iron blade, curved at a right angle at the tip. [JC [OPS Move] 1/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Agricultural tool of bill-hook type. It consists of a slightly curved, cylindrical wooden handle, flared at one end, into which is set a one-edged rectangular iron blade, curved at a right angle at the tip. [JC [OPS Move] 1/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Malawi
Africa > Eastern Africa > Malawi
Person: Field collector E.C. Allen; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source Marion R.P. Irvine
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1955
Date collected: 1955
Acquisition information: Donated: 1956
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Diameter: max 40 mm, Length: max 789 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1956.6.21

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