Hoe

Museum number:
5-3080
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003080
Alternate number:
41 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Giant hoe; Garma (Hausa word); hand-forged blade; shovel-shaped with long extension at rear of blade; there is a wooden handle which runs parallel to the blade.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Genye market, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Jarawa; Genye Market
Culture or time period:
Jarawa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoes (agricultural tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 5-3080, described as Giant hoe; Garma (Hausa word); hand-forged blade; shovel-shaped with long extension at rear of blade; there is a wooden handle which runs parallel to the blade.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 5-3080, described as Giant hoe; Garma (Hausa word); hand-forged blade; shovel-shaped with long extension at rear of blade; there is a wooden handle which runs parallel to the blade.

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