Shovel head

Museum number:
3-22832
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1782
Description:
mattock, wrought iron; adze blade at one end, axe on other, socket for handle at center; "FZ" stamped into base of mattock blade; length 34.4 cm x width (at end of mattock blade) 10.7 cm
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Michoacan; Patzcuaro
Collector:
George M. Foster
Collection date:
July 26, 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shovels
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel head, accession number 3-22832, described as mattock, wrought iron; adze blade at one end, axe on other, socket for handle at center; "FZ" stamped into base of mattock blade; length 34.4 cm x width (at end of mattock blade) 10.7 cm

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