Hoe with leaf-shaped metal blade tanged into very long wooden shaft. The shaft is cylindrical with an expanded head which has a rectangular slot. The blade is slightly curved with a tapering, rectangular sectioned tang which is wedged into the slot with a small piece of wood. [JC [OPS Move] 18/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Hoe with leaf-shaped metal blade tanged into very long wooden shaft. The shaft is cylindrical with an expanded head which has a rectangular slot. The blade is slightly curved with a tapering, rectangular sectioned tang which is wedged into the slot with a small piece of wood. [JC [OPS Move] 18/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; near Nile River
Person: Field collector John Haden; PRM source Ronald Frank Tylecote
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1972
Date collected: By 1972
Acquisition information: Donated: 1972
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 1028 mm, Depth: max 150 mm, Width: max 376 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1972.19.1
Research and responses: A bloom is "a mass of iron after having undergone the first hammering" [Oxford English Dictionary Online] [CF 23/10/2000]