gardening tool; wood handle, cylindrical, carved, attached to iron blade, flat, flaring. Blade length 19 cm, overall length 39 cm. Native name and meaning - see field notes
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian and Indian cultures
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used by males. cost: Rs. 3
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
overall— length 1.39 centimeters and blade— length 1.19 centimeters