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Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with leather ("muhoro")
Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with leather ("muhoro")
Object Number 39-39-50/4413
Display Title Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with leather ("muhoro")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term muhoro
Inventory Description Scythe, curved metal hook, leather covered wooden handle, fiber string
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Scythe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Metal, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 14 x 3 cm (19 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4413

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