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Gonye: metal hook for tying plowhead to the "babate", 9 in. l.
Gonye: metal hook for tying plowhead to the "babate", 9 in. l.
Object Number 973-42-50/11720
Display Title Gonye: metal hook for tying plowhead to the "babate", 9 in. l.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Gonye; babate
Inventory Description Hook, iron bar, looped on one end, hooked on other
Classification
  • Agricultural
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972-1973
Culture
  • Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 22.86 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm (9 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-42-50/11720

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