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Metal Trowel with Wooden Handle - Blue Silk Ribbon Tied to Trowel
Metal Trowel with Wooden Handle - Blue Silk Ribbon Tied to Trowel
Object Number 991-12-60/14900
Display Title Metal Trowel with Wooden Handle - Blue Silk Ribbon Tied to Trowel
Descriptions
Indigenous Term shovel - chanzi
Object Description Trowel (copper alloy? silver?) with wooden handle. Blue silk ribbon tied to trowel. <transliteration> (Chinese name).
Inventory Description Trowel, metal blade (brass?), wood handle, blue silk ribbon tied to handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Metal, Wood, Silk cloth
Dimensions Overall: 22.5 x 5 x 2.1 cm (8 7/8 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14900
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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