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Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 9-11532, described as adze; cylindrical, carved, hardwood handle fitted to squarish, down-curving steel blade. Length 16 cm, overall length 36 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 9-6659, described as Forged iron axe head; incised dot gond pattern; width 8 3/4 inches; used by Gondi speakers in Madhya Pradesh.

Hearst Museum object titled Bellows machine, accession number 9-11495, described as machine x "kallai" (bellows machine), metal; device with handle for manually generating a stream of air; crank connected at right angle to a disk form in turn connected at a right angle to another disk form terminating a tube through which the air comes; rusted; 31.5 x 23 cm 17 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Board, accession number 9-11493, described as board, plywood; charred with nails in on edge 22.5 cm x 19 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 9-6893, described as Set of cotton cord loom needle strings for weaving “mushroo”

Hearst Museum object titled Crochet hook, accession number 9-14896b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Crochet hook, accession number 9-14896a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Crochet hooks, accession number 9-14896a,b, described as Crochet hooks, a pair; wrought iron. Length (a): 17.8cm; (b) 18.5cm. Context: used in lacing the webbing of the cots and stools using a crochet technique in which the strands lie parallel to the bars of the frame (not the diagonal technique). Cf 9-14895 for toy chapai (cot).

Hearst Museum object titled Hammer, accession number 9-11502, described as hammer, wood and iron; length 21.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 9-16155, described as Milk jug (matka) made of brass with design at the edge of mouth. Width at mouth: 10cm. Height:33cm, Circumference: 1.15m. This is a milk seller's jug. Cost: $130