Agricultural hoe. With an iron blade set into a wooden handle. The handle is roughly carved with a circle section, it curves slightly at the head, the head is rounded. The blade tip is roughly D-shaped with an extending tang. Attached to each edge of the blade there is an open work frame. [AB [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Agricultural hoe. With an iron blade set into a wooden handle. The handle is roughly carved with a circle section, it curves slightly at the head, the head is rounded. The blade tip is roughly D-shaped with an extending tang. Attached to each edge of the blade there is an open work frame. [AB [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]
Long description: Agricultural hoe. With an iron blade set into a wooden handle. The handle is roughly carved with a circle section, it curves slightly at the head, the head is rounded. The blade tip is roughly D-shaped with an extending tang. Attached to each edge of the blade there is an open work frame extending from the blade edges with a rounded section passing behind the tang. At the edges there are inverted semi-circular bands. [AB [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Kano
Cultural groups: Hausa
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, Process Carved, Process Cast
Dimensions: Width: max 259 mm, Depth: max 205 mm, Length: max 525 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1922.23.53

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