Hoe
- Museum number:
- 9-11526
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011526
- Alternate number:
- CH-4 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2697
- Description:
- shovel/adze. [handwritten: a hoe, per R. Lerner. cf. memo in acc. file. - I. Jacknis] wood handle, cylindrical, carved, fitted into circular hole in iron blade. Blade curved downward, rounded square shape, tapering toward edge. Length 89 cm.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
- Collection place:
- Choonsa Village, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Uttar Pradesh, Choonsa Village
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Richard Lerner
- Collection date:
- April 3, 1970
- Materials:
- Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material) (sheesham)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Hoes (agricultural tools)
- Function:
- 1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
- Accession date:
- 1970
- Context of use:
- used by men for digging; made c. 1963 in the old, traditional style. made by blacksmith & carpenter in village. cost: Rs. 7
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 89 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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