- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hoe, carved from a single piece of wood. [AB [OPS Move] 5/12/2016]
- Long description
- Hoe, carved from a single piece of wood. The handle is cylindrical, it curves at an acute angle at the head and forms the blade. The blade is flat and has a rounded tip. Part of the tip has been broken and lost. [AB [OPS Move] 5/12/2016]
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom
- Date collected
- 1890
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1890
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 648 mm, Depth: max 55 mm, Width: max 210 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1890.26.30
- Research and responses
Kennard, along with Jesse Hayworth, was Petrie's main sponsor for the excavations at Lahun. The division of finds from the excavation was that of the material that was allowed to return to England, it would be equally divided between Petrie, Kennard and Haworth. Most of Hayworth's material went to the University of Manchester (see http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/ancientegypt/virtualkahun/), but Kennard's objects were mostly sold at auction after his death in 1911 but evidently donated some of his portion of the finds to the Pitt Rivers. [AS 05/07/2012]
- Associated publications
- Excavation accounts: Petrie, W.M.F. 1890. Kahun, Gurob and Hawara (London); Petrie, WM.F. 1891 Illahun, Kahun and Gurob, 1889-90 (London) [AS 06/07/2012]
Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Hoe, Agricultural Tool
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