Hollowing knife

Museum number:
5-7970
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007970
Alternate number:
40 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Farrier's hollowing knife; wood handle with flat piece steel, hooked at end as blade; length: 25 cm. Used for hollowing out bowls
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hollowing knife, accession number 5-7970, described as Farrier's hollowing knife; wood handle with flat piece steel, hooked at end as blade; length: 25 cm. Used for hollowing out bowls
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hollowing knife, accession number 5-7970, described as Farrier's hollowing knife; wood handle with flat piece steel, hooked at end as blade; length: 25 cm. Used for hollowing out bowls

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