Short iron bill hookd - wooden handle bound at one end with thin strips of metal – Objects

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Object Number 39-39-50/4408

Display Title Short iron bill hookd - wooden handle bound at one end with thin strips of metal

Descriptions

Indigenous Term muhoro

Object Description Short iron bill hookd - wooden handle bound at one end with thin strips of metal ("muhoro")

Inventory Description Billhook, wood handle with metal wrapping, iron stem with flat, curved blade

Classification

Billhook

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Banyaruanda

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyaruanda

Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near

Materials Iron, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 55 x 10 x 2.6 cm (21 5/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/4408

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39-39-50/4407	Long iron bill hook - short wooden handle, copper wire wound around part of hand	Billhook	Nyaruanda
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39-39-50/4412	Iron bill hook - wooden handle, fibre wound aruond part of handle ("muhoro")	Billhook	Nyaruanda
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39-39-50/4413	Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with leather ("muhoro")	Scythe Raw Material	Nyaruanda
971-2-50/11539.1	Bundle of 19 wooden arrows each with metal tip; tips bound by thin strips of bar	Arrow	Africa
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39-39-50/4409	Large iron bill hook - piece of leather wrapped around wooden handle ("muhoro")	Tools	Nyaruanda
39-39-50/4410	Iron bill hook - long wooden handle ("muhoro")	Raw Material Scythe	Nyaruanda
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