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Object Number 39-39-50/4397
Display Title Iron hoe top - heart-shaped with groove running down middle ("isuka")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term isuka
Inventory Description Hoe, top, heart-shaped blade, groove down center, tapered extended stem
Classification
  • Hoe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 21 x 2.3 cm (15 15/16 x 8 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4397

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