Awl and sickle

Museum number:
5-4217
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Combination basketry awl and grass sickle (guadza); iron; curved knife with elongate pointed handle; 18 cm long.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Awl and sickle, accession number 5-4217, described as Combination basketry awl and grass sickle (guadza); iron; curved knife with elongate pointed handle; 18 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl and sickle, accession number 5-4217, described as Combination basketry awl and grass sickle (guadza); iron; curved knife with elongate pointed handle; 18 cm long.

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