- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hoe with iron blade and wooden handle. [MJD (Verve) 3/1/2017]
- Long description
- Hoe with iron blade and wooden handle. The haft has a long handle and a short wooden counter weight. The blade is square shaped and socketed into the handle. [MJD (Verve) 3/1/2017]
- Person
- Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Field collector Mrs L.S. Tucker
- PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1938
- Date collected
- By 1938
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Socketed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 265 mm, Depth: max 115 mm, Length: max 515 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.22.2
Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Hoe, Agricultural Tool
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