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1900.46.6

Iron-shod spade. [AB [OPS Move] 23/1/2017]

1900.46.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron-shod spade. [AB [OPS Move] 23/1/2017]
Long description
Iron-shod spade. Carved from wood with a socketed iron tip. The spade head is roughly rectangular and narrows to the iron blade, the blade narrows and then flares. The handle has a rectangular section with smoothed corners, the handle expands in the middle and narrows at the terminal. [AB [OPS Move] 23/1/2017]
Cultural groups
Danish
Person
Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale
PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Depth: max 35 mm, Width: max 152 mm, Length: max 915 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.46.6
Research and responses

For the donor's account of his visit to Føroyar [the Faroe Islands], see The Faroes and Iceland: Studies in Island Life, by Thomas Annandale (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905). [JC 4 12 2014]

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

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