Hoe

Museum number:
5-11775
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011775
Description:
Hoe, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11775, acc no. 2879, file code 1.3. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: iron digging frame assembled and rivieted from diverse pieces of iron; fitted onto wood haft for use Context of use: used in primitive agriculture Description: hoe; rough-cut wood haft is fitted onto iron digging assembly composed of iron frame with rivieted iron strips; 53 cm. l.; 24 cm. w.;
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoes (agricultural tools)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #18: American Federation of Arts (October 25, 1979–September 25, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 5-11775, described as Hoe, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11775, acc no. 2879, file code 1.3. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: iron digging frame assembled and rivieted from diverse pieces of iron; fitted onto wood haft for use Context of use: used in primitive agriculture Description: hoe; rough-cut wood haft is fitted onto iron digging assembly composed of iron frame with rivieted iron strips; 53 cm. l.; 24 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 5-11775, described as Hoe, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11775, acc no. 2879, file code 1.3. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: iron digging frame assembled and rivieted from diverse pieces of iron; fitted onto wood haft for use Context of use: used in primitive agriculture Description: hoe; rough-cut wood haft is fitted onto iron digging assembly composed of iron frame with rivieted iron strips; 53 cm. l.; 24 cm. w.;

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