Hoe

Museum number:
18-1703
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4655
Description:
Axe, wood, with stone blade; “L” shaped handle, with polished and tapered stone blade lashed at right angles to handle with bamboo strips, forming “T” shaped tool
Donor:
Wyn Sargent
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoes (agricultural tools)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
October 4, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 18-1703, described as Axe, wood, with stone blade; “L” shaped handle, with polished and tapered stone blade lashed at right angles to handle with bamboo strips, forming “T” shaped tool
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hoe, accession number 18-1703, described as Axe, wood, with stone blade; “L” shaped handle, with polished and tapered stone blade lashed at right angles to handle with bamboo strips, forming “T” shaped tool

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