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1940.7.247

Hoe with metal blade set into a double wooden handle. [JC [OPS Move] 19/12/2016]

1940.7.247

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hoe with metal blade set into a double wooden handle. [JC [OPS Move] 19/12/2016]
Long description
Hoe with metal blade set into a double wooden handle. The handle is cylindrical and bends at a right angle at the head, to produce another, shorter handle. There is s slot at the bend into which the narrow tang of the blade is set. The blade itself is flat and roughly oval-shaped with an irregularly curved cutting edge. [JC [OPS Move] 19/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Southern Angola
Cultural groups
Ovimbundu
Person
Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1936
Date collected
August 1936
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 449 mm, Width: max 288 mm, Depth: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.247 Other numbers: 36.186

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

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