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1968.20.36

Bill hook with iron blade set into a thick wooden shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 20/12/2016]

1968.20.36

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bill hook with iron blade set into a thick wooden shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 20/12/2016]
Long description
Bill hook with iron blade set into a thick wooden shaft. The blade is flat and crescent-shaped. The shaft is cylindrical and expands towards the blade, where it is bound with a band of rhinoceros hide. The butt of the shaft has been perforated. [JC [OPS Move] 20/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Kerio Valley Tot
Cultural groups
Marakwet
Person
Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon
PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1968
Date collected
1968
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Rhino Skin Animal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Depth: max 57 mm, Width: max 79 mm, Length: max 588 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.20.36 Other numbers: E125

Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Agricultural Tool, Knife