Chopping tool

Museum number:
5-11486
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011486
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Chopping tool, Nigeria, Hausa. July 27, 1972. 5-11486, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: cast iron blade hammered into desired shape, one end flattened, one end sharp; fitted into wooden haft Context of use: as chopping tool, used with wood Description: Chopping tool, picklike on one end of blade, axelike on other; iron blade fitted into wooden haft; haft is decorated with engraved geometric line along shaft; blade: 41 cm. l.; haft: 58.5 cm. l.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Northern Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; N. Provinces; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Chopping tool, accession number 5-11486, described as Chopping tool, Nigeria, Hausa. July 27, 1972. 5-11486, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: cast iron blade hammered into desired shape, one end flattened, one end sharp; fitted into wooden haft Context of use: as chopping tool, used with wood Description: Chopping tool, picklike on one end of blade, axelike on other; iron blade fitted into wooden haft; haft is decorated with engraved geometric line along shaft; blade: 41 cm. l.; haft: 58.5 cm. l.;Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Chopping tool, accession number 5-11486, described as Chopping tool, Nigeria, Hausa. July 27, 1972. 5-11486, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: cast iron blade hammered into desired shape, one end flattened, one end sharp; fitted into wooden haft Context of use: as chopping tool, used with wood Description: Chopping tool, picklike on one end of blade, axelike on other; iron blade fitted into wooden haft; haft is decorated with engraved geometric line along shaft; blade: 41 cm. l.; haft: 58.5 cm. l.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopping tool, accession number 5-11486, described as Chopping tool, Nigeria, Hausa. July 27, 1972. 5-11486, acc no. 2879, file code 1.6. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: cast iron blade hammered into desired shape, one end flattened, one end sharp; fitted into wooden haft Context of use: as chopping tool, used with wood Description: Chopping tool, picklike on one end of blade, axelike on other; iron blade fitted into wooden haft; haft is decorated with engraved geometric line along shaft; blade: 41 cm. l.; haft: 58.5 cm. l.;

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