Hoe blade

Museum number:
11-238
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Flat edge blade of pearl. Fiber scraper and breadfruit cutter made from sea turtle bone.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nukuoro Atoll, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State
Verbatim coll. place:
Nukuor: (Nukuoro?); Carolines
Culture or time period:
Micronesian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Bone (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hoes (agricultural tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1961-1962 #25: Department of Geography (UC Berkeley)/D. I. Blumenstock (November 15, 1961–November 15, 1961)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hoe blade, accession number 11-238, described as Flat edge blade of pearl. Fiber scraper and breadfruit cutter made from sea turtle bone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hoe blade, accession number 11-238, described as Flat edge blade of pearl. Fiber scraper and breadfruit cutter made from sea turtle bone.

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