Adze

Museum number:
5-7081
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
6 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2430
Description:
Iron bladed hoe, wood handle, rectangular shaped blade with punched designs; handle has knob for attachment of blade. 50 cms length. agriculture
Donor:
Margaret Gallagher
Collection place:
Zimbabwe
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Rhodesia; unspec.
Collector:
David Gallagher
Collection date:
1929-30
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-7081, described as Iron bladed hoe, wood handle, rectangular shaped blade with punched designs; handle has knob for attachment of blade. 50 cms length. agriculture
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-7081, described as Iron bladed hoe, wood handle, rectangular shaped blade with punched designs; handle has knob for attachment of blade. 50 cms length. agriculture

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