Hoe

Museum number:
18-1672
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4655
Description:
Axe, wood, handcarved; bowed, handcarved “L” shaped handle, with cylindrical hand grip; spatula shaped wood blade lashed to handle with bamboo strips to form “T” shaped tool; used to get “meat” out of sago palm
Donor:
Wyn Sargent
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoes (agricultural tools)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
October 4, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 18-1672, described as Axe, wood, handcarved; bowed, handcarved “L” shaped handle, with cylindrical hand grip; spatula shaped wood blade lashed to handle with bamboo strips to form “T” shaped tool; used to get “meat” out of sago palm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 18-1672, described as Axe, wood, handcarved; bowed, handcarved “L” shaped handle, with cylindrical hand grip; spatula shaped wood blade lashed to handle with bamboo strips to form “T” shaped tool; used to get “meat” out of sago palm

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