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Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with fur skin ("muhoro")
Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with fur skin ("muhoro")
Object Number 39-39-50/4414
Display Title Iron bill hook - long wooden handle bound with fur skin ("muhoro")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term muhoro
Inventory Description Metal curved scythe blade with carved wooden handle covered with hide, fiber.
Classification
  • 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, Hide, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56.8 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm (22 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4414

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