Hoe with curved iron blade set into a wooden shaft. The shaft is rectangular-sectioned and slightly curved. The blade is crescentic with a long tang which slots into a perforation in the shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 21/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Hoe with curved iron blade set into a wooden shaft. The shaft is rectangular-sectioned and slightly curved. The blade is crescentic with a long tang which slots into a perforation in the shaft. [JC [OPS Move] 21/12/2016]
Long description: Hoe with curved iron blade set into a wooden shaft. The shaft is rectangular-sectioned and slightly curved. The blade is crescentic, having a convexly curved cutting edge and two concavely curved sides which produce the long rectangular tang. The tang is slotted into a rectangular perforation in the head of the shaft. The blade is slightly convex and has an incised asterisk on the underside. [JC [OPS Move] 21/12/2016]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Chingmei Aoshed
Cultural groups: Chang Naga; Khiamniungan Naga
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source John Henry Hutton; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: November 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1924
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Depth: max 121 mm, Width: max 121 mm, Length: max 535 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.85.319

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