Hoe

Museum number:
5-2976
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
171 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Wooden hoe; Abyar; hoe handle 19 inches; socket and blade 15½ inches; type used prior to introduction of iron.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Tiv; Gboko
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoes (agricultural tools)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 5-2976, described as Wooden hoe; Abyar; hoe handle 19 inches; socket and blade 15½ inches; type used prior to introduction of iron.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 5-2976, described as Wooden hoe; Abyar; hoe handle 19 inches; socket and blade 15½ inches; type used prior to introduction of iron.

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