Hoe Handle

1991.14.0004A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Hoe Handle   (1991.14.0004A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Agricultural T&E
  4. :
  5. Cultivation Equipment
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1900 - 1930
Culture Kpelle, Gerse, Guerze, Kpese

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 44.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 3.7 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 229 g
Measuring Remarks Weight includes handle and metal hoe instrument.
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved
Munsell Color Information Light Yellowish Brown (10 YR 6/6) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Leonard, Gertrude Simpson. Our Africa Story: An Account of the work of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society at Muhlenberg Mission, Liberia, Africa. Baltimore: General Literature Committee, Lutheran Church, 1918.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Edwin Hadley in Memory of Grover C. Leonard, Gertrude Simpson Leonard, Frances Hadley
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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