Agricultural hoe with small angular wooden handle and large openwork iron blade with very long projecting tang. The handle is bound to the tang with string. [JC [OPS Move] 18/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Agricultural hoe with small angular wooden handle and large openwork iron blade with very long projecting tang. The handle is bound to the tang with string. [JC [OPS Move] 18/1/2017]
Long description: Agricultural hoe with small angular wooden handle and large iron blade. The handle is cylindrical with a pointed head at an acute angle. The openwork blade has a solid D-shaped section attached to a D-shaped frame, with a very long tang running through this and projecting significantly from the reverse. It flares and terminates in a straight edge. Altogether the blade and tang are convexly curved. The handle is bound to the tang with string. [JC [OPS Move] 18/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Bauchi State
Cultural groups: Angas
Person: Field collector Charles Kingsley Meek; PRM source Charles Kingsley Meek
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: By 1922
Acquisition information: Donated: 1922
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Cast, Process Hammered
Dimensions: Depth: max 213 mm, Width: max 322 mm, Length: max 981 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1922.23.48

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